Corny things to help you remember chapters 1-3

Question 1

Did you hear that sodium was dating chloride?

Then water broke them up.

Answer 1

Molecules with an ionic bond (such as sodium chloride, salt) can be broken up by the polar molecule H₂O.

Question 2

• *D**on’t
• *K**eep
• *P**iling
• *C**ookies
• *O**n
• *F**lat
• *G**reen
• *S**aucers

Answer 2

• *D**omain
• *K**ingdom
• *P**hylum
• *C**lass
• *O**rder
• *F**amily
• Genus
• S**pecies

Question 3

A neutron walks into a restaurant and orders a couple of cokes. As she is about to leave, she asks the waiter how much she owes. The waiter replies, “For you, No Charge.”

Answer 3

Neutrons are the particles of an element with neither a positive nor negative charge.

Question 4

Two atoms are walking down the street.
One atom says to the other, “Hey! I think I lost an electron!”
The other says, “Are you sure?”
“Yes, I’m positive!”

Answer 4

When an atom loses an electron, oxidation, it gains a positive charge forming a cation.

Question 5

Helium walk into a bar. The bartender throws a mug at him and orders him to leave.

Helium didn’t react.

Answer 5

Helium is a member of the noble gasses. These elements have 8 valence electron, so they do not form bonds (react) with other elements.

Question 6

A man went to the doctor and asked him how to lose weight. After a few questions the doctor tells the man he needs to stop over eating.

The man replies, “I’m not over eating. I’m performing endocytosis!”

Answer 6

Endocytosis is the process by which cells ingest large or numerous materials.