Fall Chemistry 2015-2016 Study Guide
These are the topics you should be familiar with in order to answer the multiple choice
questions on the final exam. There will be 100 questions on the final.
Unit 1:
Lab safety
Lab equipment
Extensive and intensive properties
Properties of matter
Quantity of matter is called…
Physical and chemical changes
Physical properties of solids, liquids, and gases
Scientific method
Hypothesis
Quantitative and qualitative
Measurement: SI base units for time, mass, length, and volume
Conversions between units
Precise and accurate
Significant figures
Scientific notation
Unit 2:
Definition of an atom
Parts of the atom
Most massive/least massive parts of the atom
Calculating mass number
What is average atomic mass?
Nuclear (also known as isotopic) notation for an element
Rutherford’s gold foil experiment
Law of conservation of mass
Democritus’s contribution to the history of the atom
Dalton’s atomic theory (What parts disagree with modern atomic theory?)
Cathode ray tube and Thomson’s experiment
Properties of noble gases
How the periodic table is arranged
Parts of the periodic table
Electron configuration
Electron orbital diagrams and spin of electrons
How is a photon emitted
What happens when electromagnetic radiation strikes a metal, and what is the effect called?
What do we call the lowest energy state of an atom?
Parts of the wave
Periods and groups on the periodic table
Periodic law
Alkali metal, alkaline earth metals, halogens, noble gases
Atomic radius, electronegativity, electron affinity, and ionization energy periodic trends
Locations of metals, nonmetals, and metalloids on the periodic table
Main group elements, lanthanides, actinides, transition elements (also called transition metals)
S block, p block, d block, f block
Octet rule and noble gases
Unit 3:
Definition of a compound
What is a covalent bond?
Properties of covalent and ionic compounds compared to each other
Lewis structures
VSEPR theory and predicting shape
Central atom of Lewis structures (usually the least electronegative atom)
Which atoms can form multiple covalent bonds?
Which type of bond is a sea of electrons (or electron sea)?
Malleable and ductile