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Are you a chemistry teacher? Please feel free to use these in your lessons. Educators of all types use complex questions before each class to help motivate students before getting to work. This comprehensive list of riddles related to chemistry will do just that!
Also, we would appreciate your help. If you want to leave a few good chemistry questions of your own, please do so in the section that allows near the end of the page.
Thanks, and good luck!
Red Water Riddle
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The 5-letter Word Riddle
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Water. Or literally, H to O, which sounds the same as H2O. Did you answer this riddle correctly?
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The Heaviest Element Riddle
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Missing Periodic Table Of Elements Riddle
What is the only letter in the alphabet that does not appear anywhere on the periodic table of elements?
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Sticking With A Chemist Riddle
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If you can't helium, and you can't curium, then you might as well barium. Did you answer this riddle correctly?
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YES NO
Chemists And Nitrates Riddle
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Copper And Tellurium Riddle
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The Chemist's Shoes Riddle
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Coffee Formula Riddle
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Cesium And Iodine Riddle
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Acid At The Gym Riddle
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Bike Built By A Chemist Riddle
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Before A Movie Man Riddle
This can be used to flatten clothes
Or in golf to hit a ball
This goes before a movie Man
And is a type of metal
What is it?
Or in golf to hit a ball
This goes before a movie Man
And is a type of metal
What is it?
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Common Metal Riddle
This is a common type of metal
With the chemical symbol Fe
When mixed with oxygen and water
You will find that it can get rusty
What is it?
With the chemical symbol Fe
When mixed with oxygen and water
You will find that it can get rusty
What is it?
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Used In Chemistry Riddle
I contain more than 100 things but Im not pieces in a jigsaw puzzle
I contain metals but Im not a car
I contain hydrogen and oxygen but Im not water
I sound like I could be a piece of furniture but Im not a flower bed
Im used in chemistry but Im not a test tube
I contain metals but Im not a car
I contain hydrogen and oxygen but Im not water
I sound like I could be a piece of furniture but Im not a flower bed
Im used in chemistry but Im not a test tube
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Post Your Chemistry Riddles Puns Below
Can you come up with a cool, funny or clever Chemistry Riddles of your own? Post it below (without the answer) to see if you can stump our users.
1. Why did the chemist break up with his girlfriend? Because there was no chemistry between them!
2. What do you call an acid with attitude? A-mean-o Acid!
3. What happens if you mix sulfur, tungsten, and silver? You get WWTSS - "DoubleU DoubleU Tungsten Silver Sulfur"!
4. Why do chemists like nitrates so much? They're A NO3-ious bunch!
5. What's the difference between a chemist and a train conductor? One trams chemicals and the other trains conductors!
6. Why do chemists prefer alcohol as a reaction solvent? Because it's always there to CHEER them up!
7. What did the chemist say when he found two isotopes of helium? HeHe!
8. How many moles are in a guacamole? Avocado's number!
9. What do you call a duck that loves to experiment with chemicals? A quackademic!
10. How do you know if a compound is a salt or an acid? If it's sour, it's an acid. If it's assault, it's a salt!
11. What did one ion say to the other? I think I've lost an electron. Are you positive?
12. Why don't chemists ever trust atoms? Because they make up everything!
13. What do you call a clown that does chemistry? A comedic-a!
14. Which element do vampires hate the most? Garlic-nium!
15. What did the angry chemistry teacher say to the lazy student? You have Avogadro's number of mistakes!
16. Why was the noble gas breaking up with oxygen? Because it needed some space to breathe!
17. What do you call a bear that uses acid instead of honey? A killer B-Hive!
18. What's a chemist's favorite type of dog? A LABrador!
19. Why did the sodium and the chlorine break up? They had a really bad reaction!
20. What do chemists need to cook a great meal? A beaker, a test tube, and a Bunsen Burner!
21. Why did the chemist go on his honeymoon to Copper Canyon? Because he had a Cu-PID who stole his heart!
22. What did the chemist say to the element Calcium when it returned late? "Where have you been? You're Ca-late again!"
23. How do you know if someone is an organic chemist? They Benzene-Round the block!
24. What do you get when you cross a chemistry professor and a chiropractor? Someone who says they can cure your back pains using Avogadro's number!
25. What did the neurotic chemist say to his substance abuse counselor? "I have a chemical imbalance!"
26. What do you call a group of chemists who specialize in the effects of drugs on the brain? The MDMAfia!
27. Why are chemists so great at acting? Because they always have a liquid performance!
28. What do you call a chemist who knows how to make curry? A cumin-ist!
29. Why do chemists never work with ants? Because they keep changing the parameters of the experiment!
30. What do you call a ghostly chemist who haunts the lab? Methyl-Boo-erieum!
31. Why did the researcher throw a bomb into his lab? Because he wanted to blow his results out of proportion!
32. What do you call a chemist who always carries a measuring cylinder in his pocket? A hip-proton!
33. What's the difference between a chemist and a linguist? One studies Beryllium while the other studies By-the-By-llium!
34. Why did the boy throw his chemistry book out the window? He wanted to see how Faraday what it would fall!
35. How many organic chemists does it take to change a light bulb? None, they just arrange an enamine to facilitate proton movement through the luminescent diode!
36. What do you get when you cross a chemist with a magician? A combustible conjurer!
37. Why did the chemist change his name to Iron? Because it's a Fe-nominal name!
38. Where do chemists go to seek solace? In the Inert Sea!
39. What do you call a hockey player who loves chemistry? A pen-altimeter!
40. Why did the chemist run away from home? His family had too much pressure!
41. What do you call a chemist who is obsessed with metal? An alloy-holic!
42. Why was the angry chemist feeling so bipolar? Because he had a pH imbalance!
43. What do you call a compound of copper and magnesium? COPMagNi-ficent!
44. Why are chemists so bad at cooking? Because they always add too much sodium in the recipe!
45. What do you call a chemist who is really good at math? A formula one driver!
46. Why did the chemist put a pot of boiling water on his bedside table? Because he wanted to sleep with his pain away!
47. What do you call a chemist that has a second job as a writer? A compound-novelist!
48. Why did the chemist suggest a whiskey shot to cure the cold? Because alcohol can be an effective solvent for many things!
49. How do you know if someone is a bit too obsessed with noble gasses? They always have helium in their voice!
50. Why did the chemist constantly talk about the periodic table? Because it was the only joke he could think of!
1. Why did the chemist break up with his girlfriend? Because there was no chemistry between them!
2. What do you call an acid with attitude? A-mean-o Acid!
3. What happens if you mix sulfur, tungsten, and silver? You get WWTSS - "DoubleU DoubleU Tungsten Silver Sulfur"!
4. Why do chemists like nitrates so much? They're A NO3-ious bunch!
5. What's the difference between a chemist and a train conductor? One trams chemicals and the other trains conductors!
6. Why do chemists prefer alcohol as a reaction solvent? Because it's always there to CHEER them up!
7. What did the chemist say when he found two isotopes of helium? HeHe!
8. How many moles are in a guacamole? Avocado's number!
9. What do you call a duck that loves to experiment with chemicals? A quackademic!
10. How do you know if a compound is a salt or an acid? If it's sour, it's an acid. If it's assault, it's a salt!
11. What did one ion say to the other? I think I've lost an electron. Are you positive?
12. Why don't chemists ever trust atoms? Because they make up everything!
13. What do you call a clown that does chemistry? A comedic-a!
14. Which element do vampires hate the most? Garlic-nium!
15. What did the angry chemistry teacher say to the lazy student? You have Avogadro's number of mistakes!
16. Why was the noble gas breaking up with oxygen? Because it needed some space to breathe!
17. What do you call a bear that uses acid instead of honey? A killer B-Hive!
18. What's a chemist's favorite type of dog? A LABrador!
19. Why did the sodium and the chlorine break up? They had a really bad reaction!
20. What do chemists need to cook a great meal? A beaker, a test tube, and a Bunsen Burner!
21. Why did the chemist go on his honeymoon to Copper Canyon? Because he had a Cu-PID who stole his heart!
22. What did the chemist say to the element Calcium when it returned late? "Where have you been? You're Ca-late again!"
23. How do you know if someone is an organic chemist? They Benzene-Round the block!
24. What do you get when you cross a chemistry professor and a chiropractor? Someone who says they can cure your back pains using Avogadro's number!
25. What did the neurotic chemist say to his substance abuse counselor? "I have a chemical imbalance!"
26. What do you call a group of chemists who specialize in the effects of drugs on the brain? The MDMAfia!
27. Why are chemists so great at acting? Because they always have a liquid performance!
28. What do you call a chemist who knows how to make curry? A cumin-ist!
29. Why do chemists never work with ants? Because they keep changing the parameters of the experiment!
30. What do you call a ghostly chemist who haunts the lab? Methyl-Boo-erieum!
31. Why did the researcher throw a bomb into his lab? Because he wanted to blow his results out of proportion!
32. What do you call a chemist who always carries a measuring cylinder in his pocket? A hip-proton!
33. What's the difference between a chemist and a linguist? One studies Beryllium while the other studies By-the-By-llium!
34. Why did the boy throw his chemistry book out the window? He wanted to see how Faraday what it would fall!
35. How many organic chemists does it take to change a light bulb? None, they just arrange an enamine to facilitate proton movement through the luminescent diode!
36. What do you get when you cross a chemist with a magician? A combustible conjurer!
37. Why did the chemist change his name to Iron? Because it's a Fe-nominal name!
38. Where do chemists go to seek solace? In the Inert Sea!
39. What do you call a hockey player who loves chemistry? A pen-altimeter!
40. Why did the chemist run away from home? His family had too much pressure!
41. What do you call a chemist who is obsessed with metal? An alloy-holic!
42. Why was the angry chemist feeling so bipolar? Because he had a pH imbalance!
43. What do you call a compound of copper and magnesium? COPMagNi-ficent!
44. Why are chemists so bad at cooking? Because they always add too much sodium in the recipe!
45. What do you call a chemist who is really good at math? A formula one driver!
46. Why did the chemist put a pot of boiling water on his bedside table? Because he wanted to sleep with his pain away!
47. What do you call a chemist that has a second job as a writer? A compound-novelist!
48. Why did the chemist suggest a whiskey shot to cure the cold? Because alcohol can be an effective solvent for many things!
49. How do you know if someone is a bit too obsessed with noble gasses? They always have helium in their voice!
50. Why did the chemist constantly talk about the periodic table? Because it was the only joke he could think of!