Chemistry Can Be Pun Fun
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Objective: This activity is designed to help you become familiar with the elements and the symbols found on the
periodic table.
Directions: With a wild imagination and a flair for pun, you will be able to use the names of many of the elements to
take the place of other words or phrases. Some are very straight forward, but many require quite a stretch
of the imagination. So get out your periodic table, fire up your imagination, and have fun! The first two
have been done to get you going.
Element
Symbol
Copper
Cu
Barium
Ba
1. policeman ( a version used in old black and white gangster
movies)
2. What should be done with a dead man?
Pun/ Description
Ag
3. The Lone Ranger’s horse
Ar
4. If they are not here, then they…….
Fe
5. To press a shirt or blouse.
B
6. A motto for a oil well drilling company
Zn
7. A fixture in your house with a faucet and a drain.
Hf
8. Wholenium x 0.5 =
Si
9. A ridiculous prisoner
Kr
Pb
10. A burial chamber that weighs 2000 pounds. (Hint: 2000
pounds is a specific amount of weight)
11. Guided or directed
Cs
12. Grab that guy!
Eu
13. What do you do with a steer before you brand him?
Ge
14. A popular red or pink flower in flower pots
Sm
16. Someone who helps people in distress is a good……
Ir
17. After successfully riding a bronco, the cowboy shouted….
U
18. What do you do if you are a big, dark cloud?
As
19. Speaking of beautiful mountains, you might say they …..
Au
20. Opposite of hot
Sb
21. Funds from your mother’s sister
Sc
22. A person from Norway, Sweden, or Finland
In
23. A Native American
Cm
He
24. If he is sick, the doctor will …..
Element
Symbol
Pun/ Description
Ne
Ho
Ga
25. A wrestler holding down an opponent may have a ……. him.
Rn
27. The police may stage a …….. a bookie joint.
Np
No
28. Ruler of Davy Jones’ Locker (Hint: It’s at the bottom of the
sea.)
29. Kings, Queens, Princes, and Princesses
C
30. A roll shaped like an automobile
N
31. A person form Troy who only goes out after dark
Bi
32. Mind your own ……..
Ti
33. A sinking ship
Sn
34. Cat on a hot ……. roof
Fe
35. When I meet a 6’6” mugger, …….. away very fast.
Sn
36. What element comes after nine.
I
26. A kitchen on a ship
37. …… in only the finest restaurants.
Zr
38. Imitation diamond
Cf
39. Name of the Golden State
Es
40. Name of a very smart person
Na
41. What you do to ripped jeans
Tc
42. Someone who loves computers
Ba
43. What a dog does with a bone
Ne
44. Los Vegas lights
W
45. “Tasty” part of your tongue
Ac
46. What you do in a play
B
47. Not an exciting person
Xe
48. Warrior Princess
Na
49. A drink in an aluminum can
2. How many words can you make using the chemical symbols in the Periodic Table? You may
use the symbols more than once in a word; however, you cannot mix up the letters. The
symbols must be used as they appear in the Periodic Table.
Examples: He + At = heat
N + O + B + O + Dy = nobody
2. (continued)
3. Several elements were named after countries, states, or cities. Try to find the country, state, or
city that goes with each of the following elements. (Many are found in the bottom two rows of
elements.)
Element Name
Elemental Symbol
Country, State, or City
America
Berkley
California
Europe
France
Poland
Scandinavia
Germany
Strontian, a town in Scotland
4. Some elements are named after celestial bodies or Greek and Roman gods. Try to find the
element that goes with the planet and list it below.
Element Name
Elemental Symbol
Celestial Body
Planet: Neptune
(Roman god of the sea)
Planet: Mercury
(winged Roman god of travel)
Planet: Pluto
(Roman god of the underworld)
Planet: Uranus
(Greek god of the heavens)
First Asteroid Discovered: Ceres
(Roman goddess of grain)
Helios, the Greek name for the Sun
Selene, the Greek name for the Moon
Tellus, the Latin name for the Earth
5. Fantastic “New” Compounds….
Washington, D.C. – Chem Matters Magazine has obtained a bizarre research report describing a previously
“unknown” class of compounds made by a new principle of chemical synthesis. One “newly” discovered
compound, which contains the elements indium (In) and potassium (K), can be used in ballpoint pens.
Remarkable, its formula is InK! The “formulas” of other compounds were not revealed, but you can derived them
from their chemical composition. Write the “formulas” below. (Hint: You will have to look up the element’s symbols
to write the “formulas”.)
a. A pen to hold ink can be made of a compound containing one part bismuth and
one part carbon.
b. A compound with equal parts tin, oxygen, and boron that does not mix with other
substances.
c. A mineral of three elements aluminum, sulfur, and phosphorus is found in a major
mountain range.
d. The compound containing lithium, phosphorus, and sulfur forms a structure that
enables someone to kiss.
e. This chemical, sometimes found in rabbit’s feet, contains one part carbon, and
one part potassium, one part lutetium.
f. A compound that’s helpful when you’re studying for a test contains one part
chromium and one part americium.
g. Bromine, iodine, carbon, and potassium are found in this material that is used to
build houses.
h. This compound which was banned by the church, contains one part nitrogen and
one part silicon.
i. A compound of one part potassium, one part nickel, and one part iron penetrates
many other substances.
j. Discovered in automobiles, this compound contains one part sulfur and one part
gallium.
k. Tungsten, rhenium, nitrogen, carbon and hydrogen in equal parts can form a
useful tool.
l. This compound – one part aluminum, one part molybdenum, and one part
neodymium – makes a very nutty substance.
m. Equal parts of carbon, oxygen, calcium, cobalt, and lanthanum will make a tasty
beverage.
n. A substance that’s one part cobalt, one part radon, and one part yttrium is similar
to many of these examples.
6. Element Word Search - Find names of the following elements. Circle or draw a line through
the name.
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