http://www.sacsplash.org/_taxonomy/term/236/all en http://www.sacsplash.org/so-you-want-be-scientist/botany <fieldset class="fieldgroup group-documents"><div class="field field-type-filefield field-field-image"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <div class="filefield-file"><img class="filefield-icon field-icon-image-jpeg" alt="image/jpeg icon" src="http://www.sacsplash.org/sites/all/modules/filefield/icons/image-x-generic.png" /><a href="http://www.sacsplash.org/sites/sacsplashbackup.org/files/photos/Monkeyflower.jpg" type="image/jpeg; length=543594">Monkeyflower.jpg</a></div> </div> </div> </div> </fieldset> <p>Botanists study plants.&nbsp;Over 10,000 species of plants live in California, so a botanist has a lot of studying to do just to learn to identify them. But botany is more than just knowing the names of plants. Botanists learn where and when plants bloom, what <abbr title="To fertilize a plant. This involves moving pollen to the ovary and ovum. "><a class="glossary-term" href="/glossary/term/161">pollinate</a></abbr>s them, and what eats them.</p> <p><a href="http://www.sacsplash.org/so-you-want-be-scientist/botany" target="_blank">read more</a></p> So you want to be a scientist... Mon, 24 Aug 2009 03:16:28 +0000 emily 564 at http://www.sacsplash.org http://www.sacsplash.org/so-you-want-be-scientist/ornithology <fieldset class="fieldgroup group-documents"><div class="field field-type-filefield field-field-image"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <div class="filefield-file"><img class="filefield-icon field-icon-image-jpeg" alt="image/jpeg icon" src="http://www.sacsplash.org/sites/all/modules/filefield/icons/image-x-generic.png" /><a href="http://www.sacsplash.org/sites/sacsplashbackup.org/files/photos/woodduck_0.jpg" type="image/jpeg; length=89242">woodduck.jpg</a></div> </div> </div> </div> </fieldset> <p>Ornithologists study birds. Some are especially interested in birds of prey, such as eagles, hawks, and owls.</p> <p><a href="http://www.sacsplash.org/so-you-want-be-scientist/ornithology" target="_blank">read more</a></p> So you want to be a scientist... Thu, 24 Aug 2000 02:50:48 +0000 emily 562 at http://www.sacsplash.org http://www.sacsplash.org/so-you-want-be-scientist/zoology <fieldset class="fieldgroup group-documents"><div class="field field-type-filefield field-field-image"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <div class="filefield-file"><img class="filefield-icon field-icon-image-jpeg" alt="image/jpeg icon" src="http://www.sacsplash.org/sites/all/modules/filefield/icons/image-x-generic.png" /><a href="http://www.sacsplash.org/sites/sacsplashbackup.org/files/photos/RosenAN-001.jpg" type="image/jpeg; length=85634">RosenAN-001.jpg</a></div> </div> </div> </div> </fieldset> <p>Zoologists study animals but the animal kingdom has too many animals for one person to know all about. So, most zoologists focus their study on a particular group of animals.</p> <p><a href="http://www.sacsplash.org/so-you-want-be-scientist/zoology" target="_blank">read more</a></p> So you want to be a scientist... Tue, 24 Aug 1999 03:04:55 +0000 emily 563 at http://www.sacsplash.org