Chemistry Can Be Pun Fun Name: Per: 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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