Tentative Study Guide - Test I - CHEM 1203
Fall, 2012
NOTE: As you prepare for the test, the most important items to study are your
class notes, the supplementary notes, additional notes on the class web site,
the sample test, and the assigned problems.
CHAP. 1
1) Know all of the “Important Definitions” (Supplementary notes). (You do not
need to know the numerical value of the Joule.) Know food Calorie (Cal) vs.
chemical calorie (cal): 1 Food Calorie = 1000 chemical calories.
2) Know the “Classification of Matter - Flow Chart” (Supplementary notes).
3) Be able to work unit conversion problems, to the extent covered in class
and in the homework assignments. You must know the following three
relationships between metric and English systems: 1 kg = 2.20 pounds;
1 L = 1.06 qt.; 1 meter = 39.4 in. You must know the use of the prefixes
kilo-, deci-, centi-, milli-, and micro- within the metric system. You must
know the relationships involving fluid ounces, teaspoons, and tablespoons
shown at the bottom of the page labeled “Notes on Measurement” in the
supplementary notes.
4) Be able to do drug dosage problems, to the extent covered in class and on
the supplementary assignment sheets (Supplementary notes).
5) Be able to do problems concerning density and specific gravity, to the
extent covered in class and in the homework assignments.
6) Know the medical abbreviations related to frequency of administration
(class web site).
CHAP. 2
1) Temperature conversion problems; you must know the formulas (Text and
Supplementary notes) and be able to use them. (You are not responsible for
Kelvin temperature.)
2) Be able to identify and distinguish between chemical and physical changes
and properties.
3)
Be able to distinguish between homogeneous and heterogeneous mixtures.
4) Know the energy aspects of food intake to the extent covered in class and
in the assigned problems.
CHAP. 3
1) Dalton’s Atomic Theory (Supplementary notes). Know a) the observations
leading to the theory (Item I) and b) the postulates of the theory (Item II).
Do not be concerned with the table illustrating the Law of Multiple
Proportions.
2) Know the makeup (protons, electrons, and neutrons) of atoms. (You needn't
know masses of these particles). Know definitions of atomic number and mass
number.
3) Know definition and nature of isotopes.
(weighted average) atomic masses.
Know how to calculate average
4) Know the shapes of s, p, and d orbitals.
5) Know the properties of metals and nonmetals (class web site), and know
where the dividing line between them is in the periodic table.
6) Know names and symbols of the first 36 elements in the periodic table:
given a name, you must furnish the symbol; given a symbol, you must furnish
the name. You will be given a copy of the periodic table to use during the
test that contains the same information as the periodic table on the inside
front cover of the text.
7) Know the names of groups 1A, 2A, 7A, and 8A.
8) Be able to write the detailed electronic configurations for atoms up
through element 36 (Krypton). Know that Cr and Cu are exceptions to the
rules. (You do not have to know the electronic configurations of Cr and Cu.)
9)
Know the periodic trends in a) atomic radius and b) ionization energy,
and be able to answer questions related to these trends.
10) Know that it is the number and/or arrangement of the electrons in the
valence shell of an atom that changes during a chemical reaction.
11) Know that the representative elements are the A-group elements. Know
that the transition elements (also called transition metals) are the elements
in the center area of the periodic table (B-groups).
12) Know which orbitals are the ones being filled in any given section of the
periodic table.
Relevant Sample Test Questions, with Answers
Sample Test I: 1c, 2d, 3c, 4b, 5b, 6a , 7d, 8e, 9c, 10a, 11d, 13a , 14d, 15b, 16e, 17c, 18b, 19d,
23e, 25a, 26d, 30c, 31b, 32a