CHEMISTRY GLOSSARY
WORLD HISTORY
LET'S ROCK & ROLL!
A DAY AT THE SORBONNE
Salty
400
Covalent bonds share valence these
Electrons
400
A government crackdown on protesters in Beijing on June 4, 1989 took place in this square
Tienanmen Square
400
This "stately" sushi order has crab, avocado & cucumber
A California Roll
400
Your new stylo, one of these, is very stylish, Marie-Noelle; write me a letter!
A Pen
400
With a name going back to Quechuan, it's strips of beef or pork that have been dehydrated or dried in the sun
Jerky
800
These units of heat weigh in at just over 4 joules; the ones counted by dieters are actually "kilo-" sized
A Calorie
800
When papal armies threatened Florence in 1529, this native son & genius with stone drew up plans to fortify the city
Michelangelo
800
We're never gonna give up this bait-&-switch prank meme featuring Mr. Astley & an '80s pop hit
Rick Rolling
800
For the geography test, the teacher made sure these, including une carte de France, were rolled up
A Map
800
This treat from Orville Redenbacher is "a little sweet, a little salty--and a whole lot of yummy"
Kettle Corn
1200
As the name implies, redox is a reaction in which these 2 actions take place
Reduction and Oxidation
1200
Spain's second queen of this name took the throne in 1833
Isabella
1200
Hominid use of this variety of quartz to make tools goes back millions of years; we "-locked" it into early firearms a bit later
Flint
1200
I was too late for petit dejeuner, so it's time for regular old dejeuner, also called this--so off to the cafeteria
Lunch
1200
Relatively healthy, here are chips made with this veggie served with vegan cheese
Kale
1600
Europium is one of these metals, though they're not as scarce as their name implies
Rare Earth
1600
52 Americans who were held hostage in 1979 & 1980 were seized from the U.S. embassy in this city
Tehran
1600
Preexisting rocks that roll with the changes in composition due to high temperature or pressure become this class of rock
Metamorphic
1600
If you need a power cable for your ordinateur portable, this 6-letter type of tech, let Madame Ivie know
A Laptop
1600
It's the 4-letter name for the sheets of seaweed that wrap around your sushi
Nori
2000
Though it doesn't start with that letter, "S" represents this measure of the molecular disorder in a closed system
Entropy
2000
Under revolutionary leader Emilio Aguinaldo, this country declared its independence from Spain in 1898
The Philippines
2000
Final "X" marks the spot for this striped silica variety; one example is the red-&-white banded carnelian
Onyx
2000
I just call it a folder, but when my French friend uses this 7-letter word, I feel like I'm in a spy movie
A Dossier
2000
These little fish come packed in cans, like of King Oscar's Royal Selection
Sardines