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This article contains lists of mnemonics used to remember various objects, lists etc. Contents 1 Astronomy 2 Biology 3 Engineering 4 Geology 5 History 6 Languages 6.1 Grammar 7 Mathematics 7.1 Quadratic equation 8 Medicine 9 Music 9.1 Guitar 9.2 Ukulele 9.3 Reading music 10 Philosophy 11 Physics 12 Spelling 12.1 Characteristic sequence of letters 12.2 Letters of specific syllables in a word 12.3 Distinguishing between similar words 12.4 First letter mnemonics of spelling 13 Transportation 14 Units of measure 15 See also 16 References 17 Further reading 18 External links Astronomy Order of planets from the Sun ( Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune ) See also : Planetary mnemonic Mean Very Evil Men Just Shortened Up Nature obsolete ( per the IAU definition of planet ) : My Very Educated Mother Just Served Us Nine Pickles Biology To remember the order of taxa in biology ( Domain, Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus, Species, ( Variety ) ) : `` Dear King Philip Come Over For Good Spaghetti / Soup '' is often cited as a non-vulgar method for teaching students to memorize the taxonomic classification system. Other variations tend to start with the mythical king, with one author noting `` The nonsense about King Philip, or some ribald version of it, has been memorized by generations of biology students ''. Do Kings Play Chess On Fine Green Silk ? Dumb Kids Prefer Cheese Over Fried Green Spinach Do Kindly Place Cover On Fresh Green Spring Vegetables To remember the processes that define living things : MRS GREN : Movement ; Respiration ; Sensation ; Growth ; Reproduction ; Excretion ; Nutrition To remember the number of humps on types of camels : D in Dromedary has one hump ; B in Bactrian has two Engineering For the EIA electronic color code, Black ( 0 ), Brown ( 1 ), Red ( 2 ), Orange ( 3 ), Yellow ( 4 ), Green ( 5 ), Blue ( 6 ), Violet ( 7 ), Gray ( 8 ), White ( 9 ), Gold ( 5 % ), Silver ( 10 % ), None ( 20 % ) See also : List of electronic color code mnemonics Big brown rabbits often yield great big vocal groans when gingerly slapped Bad boys run our young girls behind victory garden walls A mnemonic to remember which way to turn common ( right - hand thread ) screws and nuts, including light bulbs, is `` Righty - tighty, Lefty - loosey '' ; another is `` Right on, Left off ''. Geology Geological periods : Precambrian, Cambrian, Ordovician, Silurian, Devonian, Carboniferous, Permian, Triassic, Jurassic, Cretaceous, Paleocene, Eocene, Oligocene, Miocene, Pliocene, Pleistocene, Recent ( Holocene ) Pregnant Camels Often Sit Down Carefully, Perhaps Their Joints Creak ? Possibly Early Oiling Might Prevent Permanent Rheumatism Paleozoic to Cenozoic : Pregnant Camels Ordinarily Sit Down Carefully, Perhaps Their Joints Creak Mohs scale of mineral hardness 1 - 10 : For Talc ( = 1 ) Gypsum ( = 2 ) Calcite ( = 3 ) Fluorite ( = 4 ) Apatite ( = 5 ) Orthoclase ( = 6 ) Quartz ( = 7 ) Topaz ( = 8 ) Corundum ( = 9 ) Diamond ( = 10 ) Tall Girls Can Fight And Other Queer Things Can Develop TAll GYroscopes CAn FLy APart ORbiting QUickly TO COmplete DIsintegration Toronto Girls Can Flirt And Only Quit To Chase Dwarves Terrible Giants Can Find Alligators Or Quaint Trolls Conveniently Digestible Differentiating stalactites from stalagmites. The ' mites go up and the ' tites come down. When one has ants in one 's pants, the mites go up and the tights come down. ( In a strict scientific sense, a mite is not an ant, although `` mite '' in common speech can refer to any small creature. ) Stalactites hang tight, hang down like tights on a line ; stalagmites might bite ( if you sit on them ), might reach the roof. Tights hang from the Ceiling, and Mites crawling around on the Ground You need might to do push - ups ( from the floor ). You must hold tight doing chin - ups ( off the ceiling ). Stalactites are on the ceiling. Stalagmites are on the ground. Stalactites cling tight to the ceiling ; stalagmites might reach the ceiling. History Wives of Henry VIII manner of death : Divorced, beheaded, died / Divorced, beheaded, survived. Wives of Henry VIII names : Aragon, Boleyn, Seymour, Cleves, Howard, Parr All Boys Should Come Home Please Languages Grammar Adjective order in English : OSASCOMP ( Opinion, Size, Age, Shape, Color, Origin, Material, Purpose ) The verbs in French that use the auxiliary verb être can be memorized using the phrase `` Dr. ( and ) Mrs. Vandertramp '' : devenir, revenir, monter, rester, sortir, venir, aller, naître, descendre, entrer, rentrer, tomber, retourner, arriver, mourir, partir Mathematics See also : Mental_calculation, Piphilology, and e ( mathematical constant ) Quadratic equation The articulation of the quadratic equation can be sung to the tune of various songs as a mnemonic device. Medicine Main article : List of medical mnemonics See also : Category : Medical mnemonics To remember the 10 organ systems of the human body : NICER DRUMS ( Nervous, Intergumentary, Circulatory, Endocrine, Respiratory, Digestive, Reproductive, Urinary, Muscular, Skeletal ) Intrinsic muscles of hand ' A OF A OF A ' Thenar ( lateral to medial - palmar surface ) : Abductor pollicis brevis Opponens pollicis Flexor pollicis brevis Adductor pollicis Hypothenar ( lateral to medial - palmar surface ) : Opponens digiti minimi Flexor digiti minimi Abductor digiti minimi Bones of the wrist : Scaphoid bone, Lunate bone, Triquetral bone, Pisiform bone, Trapezium ( bone ), Trapezoid bone, Capitate bone & Hamate bone Some Lovers Try Positions That They Ca n't Handle She Looks Too Pretty Try To Catch Her So Long To Pinky, Here Comes The Thumb Simply Learn The Positions That The Carpus Has Send Louis To Paris To Tame Carnal Hungers Stop Letting Those People Touch The Cadaver 's Hands Differential Diagnosis VINDICATE Cranial nerves List of mnemonics for the cranial nerves, their respective type and foramen NERVE : Olfactory nerve Optic nerve Oculomotor nerve Pathic ( Trochlear ) nerve Trigeminal ( dentist ) nerve Abducens nerve Facial nerve Vestibulo - cochlear ( Auditory ) nerve Glosso - pharyngeal nerve Vagus nerve Spinal Accessory nerve Hypoglossal nerve Ophthalmic Maxillary Mandibular Mnemonic : ( for nerve ) OLd OPen OCeans TROuble TRIbesmen ABout Fish VEnom Giving VArious ACute / SPlitting Headaches TYPE : Sensory Sensory Motor Motor Both ( sensory + motor ) Motor Both Sensory Both Both Motor Motor Mnemonic : ( for type ) Some Say Money Matters, But My Brother Says Big Brains Matter More FORAMINA : Cribriform plate Optic canal Superior Orbital Fissure Superior Orbital Fissure Superior Orbital Fissure Foramen Rotundum Foramen Ovale Superior Orbital Fissure Internal Acoustic Meatus Internal Acoustic Meatus Jugular Foramen Jugular Foramen Jugular Foramen Hypoglossal Canal Mnemonics : ( for foramina ) Cleaners Only Spray Smelly Stuff Right On Smelly Idiots In Jumbled Junkyards Juggled High Carl Only Swims South. Silly Roger Only Swims In Infiniti Jacuzzis. Jane Just Hitchhikes. Music Guitar Mnemonics are also used in remembering guitar string names in standard tuning. Every Average Dude Gets Better Eventually Eggs Are Deliciously Good Breakfast Energy Eddy Ate Dynamite Good Bye Eddy Every Adult Dog Growls Barks Eats. Every Acid Dealer Gets Busted Eventually Even After Dinner Giant Boys Eat Elephants And Donkeys Grow Big Ears Every American Dog Gets Bones Easily Every Angel Does Good Before Evil Thus we get the names of the strings from 6th string to the 1st string in that order. Conversely, a mnemonic listing the strings in the reverse order is : Every Beginning Guitarist Does All Exercises ! Elvis ' Big Great Dane Ate Everything Every Big Girl Deserves An Elephant Easter Bunny Gets Drunk At Easter Ukulele As for guitar tuning, there is also a mnemonic for ukuleles. Good Cooks Eat A-lot In the other direction it is Aunt Evy Cooks Grits Reading Music Musicians can remember the notes associated with the five lines of the treble clef using any of the following mnemonics, EGBDF : ( from the bottom line to the top ) Every Good Boy Does Fine. Every Good Boy Deserves Fudge ( or Footie, Friendship, Fun, Fruit, etc. ) Every Green Bogey Deserves Flicking Empty Garbage Before Dad Flips Ernie Gave Bert Dead Fish Every Good Bird Does Fly Elvis 's Guitar Broke Down Friday The four spaces of the treble clef spell out ( from the bottom to the top ) FACE The five lines of the bass clef from the bottom to the top Good Boys Do Fine Always Grizzly Bears Do n't Fly Airplanes Great Basses Dig Fine Altos Goblins Bring Death For All The four spaces of the bass clef from the bottom to the top All Cows Eat Grass All Cars Eat Gas The five lines of the alto clef from the bottom to the top Fat Alley Cat Eats Garbage The four spaces of the alto clef from the bottom to the top Green Birds Do Fly Key signatures of C ♯ major or A ♯ minor ( left ) and C ♭ major or A ♭ minor ( right ) The order of sharps in key signature notation is F ♯, C ♯, G ♯, D ♯, A ♯, E ♯, B ♯, which can be remembered using the phrase Father Christmas Gave Dad An Electric Blanket. Fat Cats Go Down Alleys Eating Birds. The order of flats is B ♭, E ♭, A ♭, D ♭, G ♭, C ♭, and F ♭ ( reverse order of sharps ), which can be remembered using the phrase : Blanket Exploded And Dad Got Cold Feet. Before Eating A Doughnut Get Coffee First. Philosophy THE LAD ZAPPA is a mnemonic for the first 11 ( and most important ) Ionian philosophers : Thales, Heraclitus, Empedocles, Leucippus, Anaximander, Democritus, Zeno, Anaximenes, Protagoras, Parmenides, Anaxagoras. THE PLAZA PAD is another mnemonic for the first 11 ( and most important ) Ionian philosophers : Thales, Heraclitus, Empedocles, Protagoras, Leucippus, Anaximander, Zeno, Anaximenes, Parmenides, Anaxagoras, Democritus. Physics Main article : List of physics mnemonics Sequence of colors in a rainbow or visible spectrum ( red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, violet ) : `` Richard Of York Gave Battle In Vain '' `` Riding On Your Granny 's Bike Is Vile '' Roy G. Biv is also used as a fictitious name Microwave frequency bands Mnemonic for microwave frequency bands in the increasing wavelengths ( decreasing frequencies ), which are Ku band, X band, C band, S band, L band, respectively is given by, King Xerxes Can Seduce Lovely princesses '' Spelling Characteristic sequence of letters I always comes before E ( but after C, E comes before I ) In most words like friend, field, piece, pierce, mischief, thief, tier, it is `` i '' which comes before `` e ''. But on some words with c just before the pair of e and i, like receive, perceive, `` e '' comes before `` i ''. This can be remembered by the following mnemonic, I before E, except after C But this is not always obeyed as in case of weird and weigh, weight, height, neighbor etc. and can be remembered by extending that mnemonic as given below I before E, except after C Or when sounded `` A '' as in neighbor, weigh and weight Or when sounded like `` eye '' as in height And `` weird '' is just weird Another variant, which avoids confusion when the two letters represent different sounds instead of a single sound, as in atheist or being, runs When it says ee Put i before e But not after c Where ever there is a Q there is a U too Most frequently u follows q. e.g. : Que, queen, question, quack, quark, quartz, quarry, quit, Pique, torque, macaque, exchequer. Hence the mnemonic : Where ever there is a Q there is a U too ( But this is violated by some words ; see : List of English words containing Q not followed by U ) Letters of specific syllables in a word BELIEVE Do not believe a lie. SECRETARY A secretary must keep a secret TEACHER There is an ache in every teacher. MEASUREMENT Be sure of your measurements before you start work. FRIEND Fri the end of your friend SPECIAL The CIA have special agents BEAUTIFUL Big Elephants Are Ugly SEPARATE Always smell a rat when you spell separate There was a farmer named Sep and one day his wife saw a rat. She yelled, `` Sep ! A rat -- E ! ! ! '' Distinguishing between similar words Difference between Advice & Advise, Practice & Practise, Licence & License etc. Advice, Practice, Licence etc. ( those with c ) are nouns and Advise, Practise, License etc. are verbs. One way of remembering this is that the word ' noun ' comes before the word ' verb ' in the dictionary ; likewise ' c ' comes before ' s ', so the nouns are ' practice, licence, advice ' and the verbs are ' practise, license, advise '. Here or Hear We hear with our ear. Complement and Compliment complement adds something to make it enough compliment puts you in the limelight Principle and Principal Your principal is your pal A rule can be called a principle Remedial and Menial Remedial work is meant to remedy. Menial work is boring but it 's mean ( - ial ) to complain. Their, There and They 're Theirs is not mine even though ' I ' is in it. There is where we 'll be. They 're is a contraction of ' they are. ' Stationary and stationery Stationery contains er and so does paper ; stationary ( not moving ) contains ar and so does car A for `` at rest '', e for envelope First letter Mnemonics of spelling DIARRH ( O ) EA Dashing In A Rush, Running Harder ( or ) Else Accident ! Dining In A Rough Restaurant : Hurry, ( otherwise ) Expect Accidents ! Diarrhea Is A Really Runny Heap ( of ) Endless Amounts ARITHMETIC A Rat In The House May Eat The Ice Cream A Red Indian Thought He Might Eat Tulips In Class NECESSARY Not Every Cat Eats Sardines ( Some Are Really Yummy ) Never Eat Crisps, Eat Salad Sandwiches, And Remain Young ! BECAUSE Big Elephants Can Always Understand Small Elephants Big Elephants Cause Accidents Under Small Elephants Big Elephants Ca n't Always Use Small Exits Big Elephants Ca n't Always Use Small Entrances Because e Cannot Always ( get ) Under Smaller es MNEMONICS Mnemonics Now Erase Man 's Oldest Nemesis, Insufficient Cerebral Storage GEOGRAPHY George 's Elderly Old Grandfather Rode A Pig Home Yesterday. TOMORROW Trails Of My Old Red Rose Over Window RHYTHM Rhythm Helps Your Two Hips Move Transportation Marine `` Red, Right, Return '' reminds the skipper entering ( `` returning to '' ) an IALA region B port to keep red markers to the starboard of the vessel. The phrase `` there 's always some red port ( wine ) left '' is used to remember the basics in seafaring. `` Red '' refers to the color of navigation lights on the port ( left ) side of a vessel ( as opposed to green on the starboard side ). `` Nuclear Restrictions Constrain Fishing and Sailing, People Say '' is used to encode the `` order of priority '' for which vessels have right of way ( earlier in the list has priority over later ) : Not under command ; Restricted ; Constrained by draft ; Fishing vessel ; Sailboat ; Powerboat ; Seaplane. Aviation uses many mnemonics in addition to written checklists. See also Category : Aviation mnemonics pre-landing : GUMPS - Gas, Undercarriage, Mixture, Propeller, Speed. pre-final : MARTHA - Missed ( procedure ), Altitude ( limit ), Radios ( set ), Time ( limit ), Heading ( final ), Airspeed ( descent ) pre-high - altitude - FLOWER - Flow ( enabled ), Lights ( test ), Oxygen ( charged ), Water ( humidity ), Electricity ( on ), Radio ( check ) pre-flight - paperwork - ARROW - Airworthiness ( certificate ), Registration, Required ( charts ), Operating ( checklists ), Weight and balance night collision avoidance : Red, Right, Returning - Red nav light on Right implies target is Returning ( closing ) radio loss Instrument course - CDEF - as Cleared, else Direct to last fix, else as directed to Expect, else as flight plan Filed spin recovery - POKER - Power ( off ), Opposite ( full rudder ), Klean ( flaps,... ), Elevator ( briskly forward ), Recover ( from dive ) Units of measure Metric System - common SI Prefixes : kilo -, hecto -, deca -, unit, deci -, centi -, milli -, in descending order of magnitude. King Henry Died Drinking Chocolate Milk Metric System - large SI Prefixes : exa -, peta -, tera -, giga -, mega - kilo -, hecto -, deca - Every person that gave me kisses has diarrhea. Metric System - small SI Prefixes : deci -, centi -, milli -, micro -, nano -, pico -, femto -, atto - Dairy cows make milk, not pink fruit, asshole. See also Mnemonic List of firefighting mnemonics List of visual mnemonics Category : Science mnemonics References ^ Jump up to : Brown, Micheal. How I killed Pluto and Why it Had it Coming. Jump up ^ E.D. Hirsch, Jr., The Dictionary of Cultural Literacy ( Houghton Mifflin, 1993 ) ; E.D. Hirsch, Jr., `` What Your Fifth Grader Needs to Know : Fundamentals of a Good Fifth - grade Education '' ( Doubleday, 2005 ) p308 Jump up ^ Scott Hagwood, Memory Power : You Can Develop a Great Memory -- America 's Grand Master Shows You How ( Simon & Schuster, 2007 ) Jump up ^ Robert A. Wallace, et al., Biology, the Science of Life ( Scott, Foresman, 1986 ) p398 ^ Jump up to : Parkinson, Judy ( 2008 ). I before E ( except after C ) : old - school ways to remember stuff. Pleasantville, N.Y. : Reader 's Digest Association. ISBN 978 - 07621 - 0917 - 3. Jump up ^ `` Life processes - MRS GREN ''. KS3 Bitesize. BBC. Retrieved 20 November 2012. Jump up ^ Psychology : Concepts and Connections, Spencer Rathus Jump up ^ ^ Jack G. Ganssle, Tammy Noergaard, Fred Eady, Lewin Edwards, David J. Katz, Rick Gentile, Ken Arnold, Kamal Hyder, and Bob Perrin ( 2008 ). Embedded Hardware : Know It All. Newnes. p. 17. ISBN 978 - 0 - 7506 - 8584 - 9. https://books.google.com/books?id=HLpTtLjEXqcC&pg=PA17&dq=resistor+color-code+mnemonic+%22big+brown%22&lr=&as_brr=3&as_pt=ALLTYPES&ei=tzaiSZigOZvgkASsy6GNAg Jump up ^ https://books.google.com/books?id=ApXSoagqrxcC&pg=PA297&dq=resistor+color-code+mnemonic+"big+brown"&lr=&as_brr=3&as_pt=ALLTYPES&ei=tzaiSZigOZvgkASsy6GNAg Jump up ^ Mnemonic : Eras of Life Jump up ^ Mnemonic : Mineral Hardness Jump up ^ Mnemonic : Stalactites and Stalagmites Jump up ^ Mnemonics in English Language Teaching Jump up ^ Être Verbs - Mnemonic Devices Jump up ^ `` Quadratic formula song ''. Retrieved 22 April 2015. Jump up ^ LBCC - Memory Tricks, Scott Brueckner Jump up ^ `` Archived copy ''. Archived from the original on 2011 - 07 - 13. Retrieved 2009 - 12 - 19. Mnemonic - Intrinsic muscles of hand Jump up ^ Textbook of Basic Nursing by Caroline Bunker Rosdahl and Mary T. 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New York, N.Y. : Perigee. ISBN 978 - 0 - 399 - 53351 - 8. Parkinson, Judy ( 2008 ). I before E ( except after C ) : old - school ways to remember stuff. Pleasantville, N.Y. : Reader 's Digest Association. ISBN 978 - 0 - 7621 - 0917 - 3. 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Question: what mnemonic is spelled out by the first letters of the life processes
Answer: MRS GREN: Movement; Respiration; Sensation; Growth; Reproduction;