Secondary 4 Study Guide
Chemistry Unit Test 1: Your test is on Tuesday March 18, 2014
1. Atomic Theory
a. Who were the prominent scientists involved in the development of
modern day atomic theory?
b. What were their experiments? What were their conclusions?
2. Atoms, Elements, compounds and mixtures
a. What are the particles that make up the atom?
b. Can you draw atomic models?
i. Borh-Rutherford Model
ii. Simplified Atomic Model
iii. Lewis Dot Notation
c. Can you represent and recognize particle models of mixtures?
(Homogenous/heterogeneous, elements/compounds)
3. The periodic Table
a. What are the different groups of the periodic table and the properties
of elements within each of the groups?
b. What does period represent?
c. What are some of the trends within the periodic table?
i. Could you create/interpret graphs representing data on each
of the following:
1. Atomic radius
2. Melting point
3. Boiling point
4. Ionization Energy
5. Electronegativity
6. Density
ii. Could you explain why the atomic radius and ionization energy
vary the way that they do using atomic models?
4. Conservation of mass
a. Can you recognize balanced chemical equations?
b. Can you balance chemical equations?
c. Can you determine the amount of mass (g) necessary to complete a
reaction while respecting the law of conservation of mass?
5. Gas Tests
a. How can we test for oxygen, hydrogen and carbon dioxide gas
experimentally?
6. Isotopes
a. What are isotopes?
b. What is the relative atomic mass and how is it calculated?
c. Can you determine the relative abundance of different elements?
d. What is radioactivity and radioactive decay?
e. What is nuclear fusion and fission?
f. What is the half-life of an element and how can it be used to solve
problems involving radioactivity?