Chemistry Unit 1 Review Relay Race!
There are 4 rounds to this relay:
Round 1: Electron Arrangement
Round 2: Chemical Bonding
Round 3: Chemical Nomenclature
Round 4: Chemical Equations
Round 1: Electron Arrangement
Answer the following questions IN ORDER for the ELEMENT CARBON.
1. Draw an energy level diagram for carbon.
2. Draw and fill orbitals as shells to the electron configuration of carbon.
3. Write the electron configuration for carbon using the kernel short form.
4. Show, using orbitals, how carbon hybridizes.
5. State the n, l, ml & ms numbers for carbon’s 5th electron.
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Round 2: Chemical Bonding
Using the polyatomic ion CO32-, answer the following questions IN ORDER:
1. Determine the total # of electrons in required for each element to have a FULL OCTET.
2. Determine the sum of the # of electrons that each element has in its valence shell.
3. From the answers in question 2 & 3, find the # of bonds that will be in the compound.
4. Draw the element that will be the central atom of the compound and its valence electrons as
dots.
5. Draw the other atoms to surround the central atoms and show how they bond to the central
atom. Use Lewis Dot Diagrams.
6. Draw the compound’s structural diagram.
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Using the polyatomic ion SO42-, answer the following questions IN ORDER:
1. Determine the total # of electrons in required for each element to have a FULL OCTET.
2. Determine the sum of the # of electrons that each element has in its valence shell.
3. From the answers in question 2 & 3, find the # of bonds that will be in the compound.
4. Draw the element that will be the central atom of the compound and its valence electrons as
dots.
5. Draw the other atoms to surround the central atoms and show how they bond to the central
atom. Use Lewis Dot Diagrams.
6. Draw the compound’s structural diagram.
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Using the compound NH3, answer the following questions IN ORDER:
1. Determine the total # of electrons in required for each element to have a FULL OCTET.
2. Determine the sum of the # of electrons that each element has in its valence shell.
3. From the answers in question 2 & 3, find the # of bonds that will be in the compound.
4. Draw the element that will be the central atom of the compound and its valence electrons as
dots.
5. Draw the other atoms to surround the central atoms and show how they bond to the central
atom. Use Lewis Dot Diagrams.
6. Draw the compound’s structural diagram.
7. Draw the compound in its proper VSEPR shape.
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Round 3: Chemical Nomenclature
Name the following compounds IN ORDER:
1.NiPO4
2. PBr5
3.HNO3
4. MgSO5
5. CuNO3  7H2O
Write the chemical formulas for the following compounds IN ORDER:
1.ammonium hydroxide
2. lithium hydrogen sulfite
3. cupric monohydrogen phosphate
4. dinitrogen pentoxide
5. chlorous acid
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Round 4: Chemical Reactions
Complete the following questions IN ORDER
Solid aluminum reacts with aqueous hydrochloric acid to form aqueous aluminum chloride
and hydrogen gas.
1.Write the word equation for the above reaction.
2. Write the chemical reaction from the word equation written above.
3. Balance the chemical equation from question 2.
4. Classify or name the type of reaction this is.
When heated, potassium chlorate forms potassium chloride and oxygen.
1.Write the word equation for the above reaction.
2. Write the chemical reaction from the word equation written above.
3. Balance the chemical equation from question 2.
4. Classify or name the type of reaction this is.
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Aqueous solutions of sodium phosphate and barium chloride react to form barium
phosphate and sodium chloride.
1.Write the word equation for the above reaction.
2. Write the chemical reaction from the word equation written above.
3. Balance the chemical equation from question 2.
4. Classify or name the type of reaction this is.
When heated, potassium chlorate forms potassium chloride and oxygen.
1.Write the word equation for the above reaction.
2. Write the chemical reaction from the word equation written above.
3. Balance the chemical equation from question 2.
4. Classify or name the type of reaction this is.
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