Nomenclature Reflection #2

I thought that nomenclature would be easy, but I was sadly mistaken. What is ferrous? What is ferric? No one would guess that they are 2 and 3 valence-electron-ed irons. What is hypobromite? Did we ever learn about that? The polyatomic ions have different charges, and we have to memorize each of them!?!? How many hydrogen ions does an acid have? What is chemistry and why is it so confusing?

Nomenclature Reflection #1

Nomenclature seems very easy so far. To name these so-called Type I compounds, all you have to do is list the metal, then the non-metal with an -ide at the end. I hope that the rest of the year's chemistry is this easy. Soon we will learn about type II nomenclature. I wonder what that will be like; maybe it will cover covalent compounds. We also have a quiz tomorrow, but I won't bother studying because I'm too lazy.