"The science of".

Find these terms ending in "logy":


1- The study of very low temperatures and related phenomena.

2- The study of the structure, development, and abnormalities of the teeth

3- The study of climate prior to the widespread availability of records of temperature, precipitation, and other instrumental data

4- A branch of theology concerned with the final events in the history of the world or of mankind

5- The study of the age of trees and the records in their rings

6- The study of paranormal or psychic phenomenon that defy conventional scientific explanations

7- The derivation of a persons character traits, by studying the shape of their skull

8- The humanistic discipline that attempts to reconstruct the transmission of a text (especially a text in manuscript form) on the basis of relations between the various surviving manuscripts (sometimes using cladisitc analysis)

9- The study and analysis of animal remains at archaeological sites to reconstruct relationships between people, animals, and their environment

10- The study of present-day landforms, traditionally on Earth but with increasing frequency on nearby planetary objects
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06-17-06, 12:13 AM
Professor
#5: Dendrochronology
#7: Phrenology
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06-17-06, 12:16 AM
mozart56
#5 and #7 are good answers ,Prof. Smile
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06-17-06, 12:51 PM
Professor
#2 - Odontology
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06-17-06, 04:33 PM
mozart56
Another good anxswer, Prof. Smile
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06-18-06, 12:21 AM
mozart56
C,mon guys there are 7 answers left. I will copy Babthrower and give $5 to "Answerpool.com" for the next found answers in the next 3 days (72 hours)starting........hum.....now! Cool
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06-18-06, 04:19 AM
Karrow
As mozart is being so generous, I'll have a go at three I think may be correct. Smile

#1: Cryobiology
#6: Parapsychology
#9: Zooarchaeology
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06-18-06, 08:33 AM
mozart56
Karrow has two good answers. #6 and #9.

#1 is very close but the term is slightly different according to my source and I have verified in case of mistakes or misspelled. Smile

Just lost my case of beer. Frown
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06-18-06, 09:05 AM
Karrow
I presume #1 Cryology then? (I'm only doing these from memory, so am not sure.)

We're doing you a favour taking your beer money mozart; just think how much healthier you'll be. Big Grin
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06-18-06, 09:14 AM
mozart56
There you go. #1 has been resolved.

I feel healthier.....already! Frown
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06-18-06, 03:22 PM
Professor
Hmm -- cryology was the first thing that I tried, but Dictionary.com defined it as "The scientific study of snow, ice, sleet, and frozen ground" so I thought it was wrong. Mad My Webster's 3rd Int'l Unabridged gives the same definition plus a 2nd: "The science of refrigeration." Mozart, I don't suppose it's fair -- just yet -- to ask for your source, but I assume it's some sort of popular dictionary or dictionary website?

I should add that I came up with #7 off the top of my head. Big Grin
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06-18-06, 03:52 PM
DorianGreyed
"I should add that I came up with #7 off the top of my head."

That one hurts.
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06-18-06, 04:33 PM
FredPuli
4 is eschatology

10 is geomorphology
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06-18-06, 07:49 PM
mozart56
#4 and #10 are gone. Thanx Fred. Left are #3 and #8.

Prof. My source could be off a little on this, I don't know. Here's another that I found.
Source
cryology—1. The study of ice and snow. 2. In Europe, a synonym for glaciology.
Note: The term cryology has become almost meaningless unless it is defined in context. (Arctic and Subarctic Terms, Arctic, Desert Tropic Information Center Pub. A-105, 1955.) 3. The study of sea ice.
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06-18-06, 08:09 PM
Professor
#8: Stemmatology (aka stemmatics).
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06-18-06, 08:11 PM
Professor
#3: Possibly paleoclimatology?
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06-18-06, 08:17 PM
Professor
"Cryogenics is a branch of physics (or engineering) that studies the production of very low temperatures...and the behavior of materials at those temperatures." --Wiki.
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06-18-06, 09:53 PM
mozart56
That's it I am ruined. Thanx Prof. Good answers. Smile

The old "Wiki" as you like to call it was my Source

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