AP CHEMISTRY
SUMMER ASSIGNMENT 2014
Welcome to AP Chemistry! For some of you this will be a continuation of your first-year chemistry
course from this past year. For others, taking this course will require you to dust off that knowledge you
acquired a year+ ago and build on it.
The Summer Assignment was added because it has become more and more difficult to cover all the
material in a timely fashion and still leave time available to do an adequate review prior to the test. This is
further impacted by the fact that although the Lenape District is starting school at its usual point (1st
Wednesday after Labor Day), the date (September 4th) puts the schools in our District at a great
disadvantage compared to other school that start 2-3 weeks earlier.
The intention was not to make the assignment overwhelming. It would, however, not be a good idea to
wait until the last week of the Summer before starting the assignment. Doing a little at a time over the
Summer with a review of key items just before returning to school appears to make the most sense. The
assignment has been tapered to review some of the most important basic material from 1st-year chemistry.
It would be prefered that you spend your time becoming proficient in these basic skills and to focus on
reviewing key concepts rather than trying to cover everything you learned in year one. To this end, here
is the assignment::
1) Read and outline Chapters 1, 2 and 3 (Sections 3.1-3.7) in the text Chemistry 6th edition , Zumdahl
and Zumdahl. Please include key terms for each section listed in the green box on the last
page of each chapter.
You will be required to submit your answers and work (where appropriate) for the following problems
on the 1st day back to school. The work should be orderly and neat. This is an individual assignment
so each student is expected to do his/her own work and turn in his/her own submission in September.
The work may be done on individual sheets of paper stapled together by Chapter or they may be
included in a notebook with the problems arranged numerically and by chapter.
The problems are:
Chapter 1: (pp. 34-41) # 30, 34, 36, 40, 42, 52, 60, 66, 72, 82, 83, 98, 118 Extra Credit: # 92, 110, 120
AP Multiple Choice Questions (Must give and explanation for answers here): 2, 3, 5, 10
Chapter 2: (pp. 73-79) # 5, 20, 56, 58, 62, 64, 66, 68, 70, 72, 80, 82, 84, 86, 88, 94, 108, 118
AP Multiple Choice Questions (Must give and explanation for answers here): 7, 8, 13, 15, 16
Chapter 3: (pp. 128-137) # 38, 40, 46, 48, 60, 62, 68, 70, 72, 84, 86, 88, 90, 96, 100 Extra Credit: #94,
183
AP Multiple Choice Questions (Must give and explanation for answers here): 1, 8, 12
The material covered in these 3 chapters will be tested within a week of the start of school.
There are many resources on-line to help in any areas where you would like extra help and/or extra
practice. We have seen many that are beneficial while others may be good for some but not all. One site
that we have found very beneficial is: http://www.chemreview.net/download_instructions.htm
This is a free site that provides detailed help and practice in all areas related to the chemistry program.
Downloads 1-3 will be most helpful for this assignment but you may wish to refer back to this site
throughout the coming year. We will not be collecting any work from problems/quizzes you may do on
this site. It is up to you as to how much use you make of this site.
Additionally, since many of you are more accustomed to a lecture presentation to visualize concepts, you
may want to look over the power point presentations offered by Mr. Allan at:
http://www.sciencegeek.net/APchemistry/Powerpoints.shtml
2) Although chemistry does not rely heavily on rote memorization of things and focuses primarily on the
application of concepts, there are some pieces of information that are very handy to have available
without having to look them up. Among these are the formulas and charges of polyatomic ions and
the variable charges of the common transition metals. The key items to study and memorize are:
NH4
+
C2H3O2
CO3
2-
HCO3
C2O4
CN
NO2
NO3
PO4
-
Oxalate
-
Aluminum
Nickel (II)
Cd
2+
+
Zinc
Cadmium
Ag
Silver
Au
Gold (I) or aurous
+
Hydrogen sulfate
ClO
ClO2
Hydrogen sulfite
ClO3
Thiosulfate
ClO4
Hydrogen sulfide
BrO
Hydroxide
2-
Cr2O7
MnO4
MnO4
2-
IO
Dichromate
Permanganate
2-
Manganate
Chlorate
-
Perchlorate
-
BrO4
Chromate
-
Chlorite
-
BrO3
Peroxide
2-
Hypochlorite
-
-
IO3
IO4
Hypobromite
-
Bromate
-
Perbromate
Hypoiodite
-
Iodate
-
Periodate
Dihydrogen phosphate
Ni
Zn
2-
-
CrO4
Hydrogen phosphate
Manganese (II)
2+
O2
Phosphate
2-
Mn
2+
OH
Nitrate
3-
Hydride
2+
HS
Nitrite
-
HSO3
Hypofluorite
-
Sulfite
-
-
Thiocyanate
-
-
2-
S2O3
Cyanate
-
H2PO4
H
SO3
Hydrogen carbonate
2-
HPO4
-
HSO4
Cyanide
SCN
Al
Acetate
Carbonate
-
-
OCN
3+
-
Names, Formulas, and Charges of Some Common Polyatomic Ions
2Ammonium
Sulfate
SO4
FO
Names, Formulas, and Charges of Some Common Ions
3+
3+
Gold (III) or auric
Au
Fe
2+
Sn
4+
Sn
Pb
Pb
Cr
Cr
Fe
2+
4+
2+
Tin (II) or stannous
Tin (IV) or stannic
Lead (II) or plumbous
Lead (IV) or plumbic
Chromium (II) or chromous
3+
Chromium (III) or chromic
2+
Iron (II) or ferrous
These will be tested the 1st week we are back at school.
Iron (III) or ferric
2+
Cobalt (II) or cobaltous
3+
Cobalt (III) or cobaltic
+
Copper (I) or cuprous
2+
Copper (II) or cupric
Co
Co
Cu
Cu
Hg2
2+
2+
Hg
Mercury (I) or mercurous
Mercury (II) or mercuric
3) Include in your submission from Part 1 of this assignment your answers to the following two questions.
Be sure to write your answers in complete sentences and use proper grammar and punctuation.
a) Why are you taking this course?
b) What do you hope/expect to get out of this course?
Should you have any questions or need additional info, please contact:
Mrs. Rabinowitz: srabinowitz@lrhsd.org
Should you have need for an additional copy of this assignment, please see my eBoard.
srabinowitz.lrhsd.org
Should you finish the assignment and want to do more or if you would like to get an advanced peek at the
new AP curriculum being introduced this year, visit the College Board website at:
http://www.collegeboard.com/student/testing/ap/sub_chem.html?chem
and/or pick up one of the AP Chemistry review books such as:
The Princeton Review Cracking the AP Chemistry
Barron's AP Chemistry: Advanced Placement Examination
Cliffs AP Chemistry (Cliffs Advanced Placement)
Master the AP Chemistry Test - An ARCO Publication
AP Success Chemistry A Peterson’s Publication
Have a great Summer and I’ll see you in September.