Honors Chemistry Summer Work
Welcome to Honors Chemistry class. The following questions reflect common chemistry knowledge needed
before entering the Honors Chemistry classroom. These concepts should be review from past science
classes, or easily researched and learned. The work is divided into two assignments. Questions 1 – 41
should be completed and emailed to Mrs. Whiteford (attachment or answer sheet) by FRIDAY, AUGUST 17.
If you do not have access to email, please turn them into the KD office. The second part of the assignment,
questions 42-50, should be completed and brought to school during the first week of classes. Failure to
complete either of these assignments may deem you ineligible to remain in the course. These assignments
will count as a graded assessment of your abilities.
Email: whitefordb@sesd.k12.pa.us
Students Requesting Chemistry Honors
Kyle Amrhein
Alicia Anderson
Alexander Andros
Sarah Baldwin
Mariah Beavers
Olivia Pastelak
Christian Buraczynski
Patrick Clemens
Ashlynn Corrigan
Abigail Cryser
Julia D’Arrigo
Morgan Day
Nathan DeBoard
Emily Deaver
Joshua Eaton
Kaytlyn Fiedler
Hayley Garrity
Avery Gertz
Adrianne Glenn
Lilly Gordon
Kacey Growney
Erik Hays
Kristen Hilsmeier
Daniel Holle
Claire Hushon
Hope Hushon
Theodore Kioussis
Samantha Lamont
Thomas Lippiard
Emily Livezey
Alexzandra Malamphy Joshua McCleary
Marlaina McConville
Rhiannon McGlone
Jordan Miller
Jennifer Nance
Collin Portaszkiewicz
Morgan Porter
Patrick Scarborough
Sam Schleicher
Samantha Schlundt
Graeme Slonaker
Zachary Snier
Elliot Stauffer
Breanna Sullivan
William Tillman
Katelyn Trott
Amber Wakeley
Ruth Walten
Carley Walters
Kayla White
Honors Chemistry Summer Work
ATOMIC STRUCTURE
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___________ are atoms of the same element with different number of neutrons.
The sum weight of protons and neutrons in an atom is its atomic _________.
The atomic number is the number of __________ in an atom.
The neutron is a ________ charged particle found in the _________.
The ________ are the negatively charged particles found in the atom.
The mass number of the isotope is determined by adding the number of ______ and ______.
Every element has a different atomic _______.
A ________ is a positively charged particle in the atom.
In an atom, the number of ________ is equal to the number of protons.
The ________ and ________ are found in the nucleus of an atom and the _________ are found orbiting the
nucleus.
An ______ is the smallest particle of an element that still retains the properties of the element.
The scientist to discover the nucleus was __________ in the year ______.
The scientist to discover the electron was __________ in the year _______.
A cation is an atom that has ______ electrons than protons and carries a ______ charge.
An anion is an atom that has ______ electrons than protons and carries a ______ charge
Quarks are ________ particles that make up protons and neutrons.
PERIODIC TABLE
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Columns of the periodic table are also called _________ because the elements share similar _______.
Rows of the periodic table are also called __________.
Group 17 elements are called the _________________.
Group 1 elements are called the _______________.
Group 2 elements are called the _____________.
Group 18 elements are called the _________________.
The “step-wise” line on a periodic table separates the _________ on the left from the ______ on the right.
The scientist who is credited with the periodic table creation is ______________.
The periodic chart arranges the elements in order of atomic _________.
Atomic masses on the periodic table are not whole numbers because it represents the _______ mass of all the
known_________ of that element.
The elements _________ and _________ are the only room temperature liquids on the periodic table.
In total, there are ______ elements currently discovered and ____ of the elements are synthetically prepared.
The simplest element and by far the most common element in the universe is ________.
Ionization energy is the energy needed to ____________________________________________________.
The symbol for sodium is ______.
The symbol F represents ______.
The symbol Ne represents _______.
Element 54 is called ________.
The element with 39 protons is called ________.
MEASUREMENTS AND UNITS
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The SI unit used to measure mass is the ______.
The SI unit used to measure length is the _______.
The units used to measure volume IN SCIENCE CLASSES are ______ or _____.
The units used to measure temperature IN SCIENCE CLASSES are ________ or _______.
Scientific Notation is used to represent very large and very small numbers. It is based on units of 10. Place the
following numbers either in Standard Notation or Scientific Notation.
Standard Notation
52000
478000000
0.0000032
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0.00000000000000000469
Scientific Notation
5.2 x 104
2.3 x 10-4
8.096 x 1010
4.05 x 103
1 x 10-5
5.9 x 1019
2.88 x 10-7
41. Complete the following metric prefix definitions in the chart. THESE MUST BE MEMORIZED BY THE FIRST DAY OF
SCHOOL. You may use either : grams (g), meters (m) or liters (L) for the base unit.
Prefix Name
pico
nano
micro
milli
centi
deci
kilo
Mega
Giga
Tera
Prefix symbol
p
Prefix Equality
1 pm = 0.000000000001 m
Prefix Equality
1 pm = 1 x 10-12 m
m
1 mL = 0.001 L
1 mL = 1 x 10-3 L
k
1 kg = 1000 g
1 kg = 1 x 103 g
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T
1 Tm = 1000000000000 m
1 Tm = 1 x 1012 m
The following problems should be completed over the summer and brought to
class within the first week.
42. Density is described as mass per volume. The units used are g/mL or g/cm3. Determine the answers to the
following problems. Show your work.
a. What is the density of an element if the sample has a mass of 43.2 g and has a volume of 96.5 mL?
b. What is the mass of 84 mL of a liquid if its density is 1.25 g/mL?
c. If the density of a gas is 19.3 g/cm3 and is confined in a rectangular tank that is 25.0 cm long, 8.0 cm high
and 10.4 cm wide, what is the mass of the gas?
d. Mercury has a density of 13.6 g/mL. What is the volume of a sample of mercury that has a mass of 2242
g?
43. For EACH of the following models, describe why it is an incorrect representation of the atom.
44. Draw (or cut and paste) a correct representation of the atom and LABEL ALL PARTS.
Conversion between units is an ESSENTIAL part of Chemistry class. You must know how to do this. We use the factorlabel method for conversion problems as shown below.
Conversion Equality:
3 ft = 1 yd (This must be common knowledge or looked up in a reference book)
Problem 1: Convert 72.53 ft to yd.
Solution:
72.53 ft
Begin with original measurement: (72.53 ft)
Set conversion equality as a multiplied fraction so units cancel with original measurement.
x
1 yd
3 ft
=
24.2 yd
Problem 2: Convert 395 noflets to gurglies
Solution:
395 noflets
(Conversion equality:
4.5 noflets = 0.72 gurglies)
Begin with original measurement: (395 noflets)
Set conversion equality as a multiplied fraction so units cancel with original measurement.
x
0.72 gurglies
4.5 noflets
= 63.2 gurglies
Solve the following problems showing the Conversion Equality to be used as well as the
work needed to solve the problem.
45. Convert 0.24 days to minutes
46. Convert 177 inches to feet
47. Convert 59.01 pints to quarts
48. Convert 1948 kilometers to meters
49. Convert 59 grams to picograms
50. Convert 2995 cm3 to milliliters