Hilariously Bad Descriptions of Science Terms

Can you work out what science-related terms are being referenced in these bad descriptions?

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Hilariously Bad Description	Answer
It's going through a bit of a phase, it can't decide if it wants to be a particle or a wave	Light
"Tired of eating chemical soup? Now you can eat sunlight!"	Photosynthesis
Even the ugliest person on Earth is still attractive thanks to this	Gravity
When two atoms take a socialist approach to their electrons	Covalent Bond
It's like if a sphere was rotating, except it's not rotating. And it's not a sphere.	Electron Spin
The amount of "oomph" something has	Momentum
They're kind of like Earth's pimples	Volcanoes
What's cooler than being cool?	Absolute Zero
Pokemon really overstated how fast this process happens	Evolution
"I'm too hot, call the p̶o̶l̶i̶c̶e̶ physicists and the firemen"	Chernobyl
Objects just want to keep doing their thing, and won't change that unless you force them to	Inertia
This stuff decided to do "opposite day" every day	Antimatter
Unfortunately, it's much more likely to give you cancer than superpowers	Radiation
In chemistry, it technically is a solution	Alcohol
It's like the Hotel California: once you enter, you can never leave	Black Hole