December 2017 - January 2018

# Nomenclature nonsense

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Robert Perkins, (retired) Quest University Canada, Squamish, British Columbia

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Just in time for Christmas, here is an organic nomenclature quiz to test your knowledge, as well as your sense of humour. The purpose of this quiz is to match up the following “structures” with their “correct” names. Printable nomenclature nonsense

This was one of our monthly student contests The prize was one pound of Water Gel Crystals, donated by Educational Innovations. Go to www.teachersource.com for more information about this prize.

## Match the following names with the structures above

1. transcontinental _____
2. paradigms _____
3. transfusion_____
4. transplants _____
5. cisterns _____
6. Cisco Kid _____
7. orthodox _____
8. paragraphs_____
9. Sicily _____
10. paradise _____
11. transparents _____
12. transatlantic_____
13. metaphysics_____
14. transports_____
15. transverse_____
16. paradox_____
17. sissies _____
18. transfers_____
19. transistors_____
20. parakeets _____
21. propyl people ether_____
22. scissors_____
23. transmits _____
24. transfixes _____
25. cis-boom-bah_____
26. metaphors

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