Chemistry for Everyone
A Chemical Matching Test Daniel T. Haworth Department of Chemistry, Marquette University, Milwaukee, WI 53201-1881;
[email protected] A chemical matching test is presented below. See how many of the definitions you can match with the correct wellknown chemical elements, terms, and items.
Definition
Term
1. Noble stuck in the mud
A.
Nitride
2. A bovine covering
B.
Helium
3. What a baby sitter charges per hour
C.
Hydrogen
4. Keep drilling
D.
Lithium
5. Mailed a report card
E.
Oxide
6. Trip on a bovine covering
F.
Hydride
7. Undertaker’s job
G.
Citrate
8. Physician’s job
H.
Boron
9. Nocturnal journey
I.
Nitrate
10. Lisper’s call to attention
J.
Barium
11. Evening fee
K.
Erlenmeyer
12. What the Greeks said to the Trojans
L.
Centigrade
13. Policeman
M.
Copper
Answers (don’t peek): 1-K, 2-E, 3-G, 4-H, 5-L, 6-F, 7-J, 8-B, 9-A, 10-D, 11-I, 12-C, 13-M
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Journal of Chemical Education • Vol. 78 No. 4 April 2001 • JChemEd.chem.wisc.edu
