Chemistry Fall Semester Exam Review

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Chapter 1 Review questions: pg 34; 34, 36 – 38, 40 – 47, 50 – 51, 53 – 62, 70 – 71

  • Vocabulary
  • Experiment
  • Scientific law
  • Scientific theory
  • Technology
  • Hypothesis
  • Scientific Method
  • 5 branches of chemistry

Chapter 2 review questions: pg 58; 35 – 39, 41 – 46, 48 – 50, 52 – 56, 60 – 63, 76

  • Vocabulary
  • Extensive Property
  • Intensive Property
  • Homogeneous
  • Heterogeneous
  • Reactant
  • Product
  • Phase
  • Chemical Change
  • Physical Change
  • Precipitate
  • Homogeneous mixture
  • Heterogeneous mixture
  • Physical change
  • Chemical change
  • Mixture vs. compound vs. element
  • Know how to separate mixtures by physical means

Chapter 3 review questions: pg 96; 57 – 61, 63, 66 – 67, 71 – 72, 74, 76 – 77, 79, 80, 82, 84 – 89, 92, 94, 97

  • Metric conversions
  • Standard notation
  • Scientific notation
  • Precision vs. accuracy
  • Significant figures

Chapter 4 review questions: pg 122, 34, 37, 39 – 41, 43 – 51, 65, 69, 71, 81

  • Vocabulary
  • Proton
  • Atom
  • Electron
  • Isotopes
  • Atomic number
  • Atomic mass
  • Neutron
  • Dalton’s Atomic Theory
  • Isotopes
  • Average Mass calculation
  • Know how to find atomic number, mass number, #protons, #electrons, # neutrons.
  • Know the anatomy of an atom and the particle charges

Chapter 5review questions: pg 149; 23, 25 – 27, 29 – 32, 34 – 37, 39, 50, 52, 68

  • Vocabulary
  • Atomic orbital
  • Energy levels
  • Quantum
  • Quantum mechanical model
  • Aufbau principle
  • Hund’s rule
  • Electron configurations
  • Pauli exclusion principle
  • Electronic Configuration (long and short)
  • Number of orbitals for each sublevel
  • Number of electrons per orbital, or sublevel
  • Electron configuration rules
  • Bohr’s model
  • Formula for finding maximum number of electrons per energy level

Chapter 6 review questions: pg 181; 24 – 30, 33, 36 – 39, 42, 43, 45, 47 – 49

  • Vocabulary
  • Electronegativity
  • Groups
  • Atomic radius
  • Ionization energy
  • Periodic law
  • Metalloids
  • Ions
  • Metals
  • Anion
  • Cation
  • Periodic table group names / numbers
  • Periodic group similarities
  • Anion/cation
  • Ionization energy
  • Electronegativity
  • Atomic Size
  • Mendeleev’s periodic table organization vs. modern periodic table

Chapter 7review questions: pg 207; 31 – 36, 40 – 45, 48, 51, 55, 56, 60, 64, 67, 73, 80

  • Vocabulary
  • Alloy
  • Chemical formula
  • Electron dot structure
  • Ionic bond
  • Ionic compound
  • Metallic bond
  • Octet rule
  • Valence electron
  • How to determine valence electrons
  • Ionic compound properties
  • Ionic bonding metal (cation) bonding with non metal (anion)
  • How to write the ionic chemical formula for a given compound
  • How to name an ionic compound
  • How to determine the ionic compound when given the cation and anion
  • Draw Electron Dot Structures
  • Metals give away electrons, have positive charges, aka cations
  • Non metals accept electrons, have negative charges, aka anions
  • Know that ionic compounds are electrically neutral, but can conduct electricity when in solution or melted.

Chapter 8 Review questions: pg 247; 39 – 46, 50, 57 – 59, 61, 64

  • Vocabulary
  • Coordinate covalent bond
  • Covalent bond
  • Diatomic molecule
  • Dipole
  • Molecular compound
  • Molecular formula
  • Molecule
  • Resonance structure
  • Structural formula
  • Distinguish the differences between ionic and molecular (covalent) compounds
  • Know how many electrons form the following bonds
  • Single = 2 electrons
  • Double = 4 electrons
  • Triple = 6 electrons
  • Recognize diatomic molecules, (magnificent 7, CO, NO, etc.)
  • Be able to name and write molecular formulas for given compounds
  • Carbon monoxide = CO
  • Be able to draw Bohr’s model and Electron Dot Structures for molecular compounds