Collocations for scattered - adj.

be, lie
find sth

liberally
Large vases of flowers were liberally scattered around the room.

randomly
thinly (esp. BrE)
widely
The people live in widely scattered communities.

everywhere

about (esp. BrE), across, along, among, around, on, over
Broken glass lay scattered over the floor.

throughout, with
The whole area was scattered with debris.

Scattered is used with these nouns:
cloud, gunfire, shower