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ASK AMY #2 – What Is A Meteorologist?


Have you ever wondered why someone who studies weather is called a “meteorologist” rather than a “weather-ologist?”
If a Cardiologist studies the heart and a Paleontologist studies fossils, then WHY doesn’t a Meteorologist study meteors?


When you add the suffix -ologist to the end of a word, it refers to a person who studies a particular subject (usually a science).


The reason we use this word (that is difficult to both pronounce and spell) dates back to around 350 B.C. when the Greek scientist and philosopher, Aristotle, wrote a book (journal) called “Meteorologica.”




Because he didn’t have a lot of information about what happens where above the earth, he grouped everything together – stars, meteors, clouds. The term “meteorology” was used to describe everything that happened above the earth. The term stuck and is still used today.

Even though it sounds like someone who studies meteors, a meteorologist is actually the title given to someone who studies and forecasts weather. Meteorology is the science of weather.

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Amy Sweezey is an award-winning Broadcast Meteorologist, children's book author, and mom of 3. It Never, Ever Snows In Florida is Amy’s first fiction story which tells of AJ, who lives in Florida and has never seen snow. Her second nonfiction book, Let’s Talk Weather, TV Forecasting: Behind the Scenes, explains the science behind the forecast and the tools Amy uses for predicting weather changes.

Amy lives in Central Florida with her family.

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