TOPIC LIST FOR SEMESTER 1 CHEMISTRY FINAL EXAM
YOU MAY DESIGN AN INDEX CARD
THESE ARE THE CONCEPTS COVERED ON YOUR SEMESTER EXAM. YOU ARE TO
RESEARCH/REVIEW EACH CONCEPT AND WRITE ABOUT EACH ONE. SIMPLY DEFINING IS NOT
ENOUGH. THAT WILL ONLY EARN YOU HALF CREDIT ON EACH. YOU SHOULD EXPLAIN EACH
CONCEPT THOROUGHLY FOR FULL CREDIT.
SIMPLY OPEN UP YOUR NICELY ORGANIZED BINDER TO EACH OF THE FOUR UNITS BELOW AND
THE MATERIALS SHOULD BE AT YOUR FINGERTIPS!
AS YOU STUDY THEM AND LEARN THEM PROFICIENTLY, CHECK THEM OFF AND HAVE YOUR
PARENTS QUIZ YOU IN THE DAYS LEADING UP TO THE EXAM.
DOWN BELOW IS A SET OF REVIEW PROBLEMS. DO THEM AND YOUR GRADE WILL DEFINITELY
IMPROVE. AVOID THEM AND YOUR GRADE WILL LIKELY BE LOW.
UNIT ZERO
What is Chemistry?
Matter
Mass
Physical vs. Chemical Properties
Mixtures
Phyiscal vs. Chemical Changes
Law of Conservation of Mass
Reactants vs. Products
Scientific Notation
Precision vs. Accuracy
Metric System Prefixes
Density Problems
Temperature Conversions
PROBLEMS:
CHP 1: 27, 29, 31, 32
CHP 2: 74, 75CD, 76CD, 77HI, 78CF, 79DF,
80DE, 83F
CHP 3: 37CDE, 39CDE, 42,45, 49, 52, 61, 66
UNIT ONE
What is an atom?
What are atomic mass units?
What are Subatomic Particles
Experiments that led to subatomic particle
discovery (both protons and electrons)
Atomic Number
Atomic Mass
Isotopes
Mass Number
Calculation of neutrons using mass numbers
UNIT TWO
The electromagnetic spectrum
Waves, Frequency and Amplitude
Periodic Table basics
Aufbau Sequence
Hund’s rule
Pauli Exclusion Principle
Electron Configurations of atoms and ions
Regions
4 Trends – (How are they defined and how do
the trends vary around the periodic table)
Group Names
Reactivity
PROBLEMS:
CHP 5: 30ab, 33, 38, 44, 70, 78C, 80DF, 81BE,
93, 94
CHP 6: 30, 48, 52, 57, 60, 64, 68
UNIT THREE
Ionic Compounds
How are names written (full procedure)
How are formulas written (full procedure)
Octet Rule
Metals
PROBLEMS:
CHP 8: 51, 52, 56, 61DE, 62, 63, 67CD, 69,
74CE, 75CE
Radioactivity
Nuclear Equations
PROBLEMS:
CHP 4: 43, 46, 57, 60C, 63, 64C, 65C