Humor: On the Fun Side

1. Confucius: "Chemist who falls in acid is absorbed in his work!" (Chem 13 News, January 1975, p.838.)

2. Rhyme:
   Johnny was a chemist
   Now Johnny is no more
   For what he thought was H two O
   Was H two S O four!

3. Student responses on exams:
   a. A strong base is a salt that produces a strong acid when reacted with water.
   b. A strong acid is one that will not make a light burn bright.
   c. Filter paper is an indicator.

4. Sign on a bumper sticker:Chemistry is pHun!

5. Rhyme:
   Mamie often wondered why
   acids trouble alkali.
   Mamie in a manner placid
   fed the cat some boric acid;

   whereupon the cat grew frantic
   executing many an antic.
   Concluded Mamie from its pace,
   "Pussy cat must be a base."

6. Word Search (see Appendix for master copy)
   
   Words about the concepts in this module can be obtained from the clues given. Find these words in the block of letters:
   1. A weak acid or base that changes color over a narrow pH range.
      
   2. To eliminate the acidic or basic character of a solution.
      
   3. In a solution, the percentage of ionized molecules of acid or base.
      
   4. The point in a titration when the indicator changes color.
      
   5. Concentration of a solution defined in terms of moles of solute per liter of solution.
      
   6. Ion most often associated with an acid.
      
   7. Ion most often associated with a base.
      
   8. Taste most often associated with acids.
      
   9. Taste most often associated with bases.
      
   10. Brønsted-Lowry acid.

   Answers: 1. INDICATOR 2. NEUTRALIZE 3. STRENGTH 4. ENDPOINT
   5. MOLARITY 6. HYDROGEN 7. HYDROXIDE 8. SOUR 9. BITTER
   10. PROTONDONOR

7. See relevant cartoons at end of module.

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