Midterm Review Activities
Chemistry
Mr. Harper
Station 1 – History of Chemistry
***Answer the following questions on a separate sheet of paper.
1. Write a brief outline of the history of chemistry starting when chemistry began and ending with
the development of the periodic table.
Station 2 – Measurements in Chemistry
***Answer the following questions on a separate sheet of paper.
1. How many sig figs in the following numbers?
a. 4.440
e. 1000
b. 0.003
f. 500.
c. 67.00
g. 3.5 x 2.00 =
d. 0.0470
h. 6.8 + 9.5 =
2. Convert the following to scientific notation.
a. 0.00000290
b. 53,000,000,000
3. Convert the following.
a. 43,800 mL to L
b. 3.61 m to cm
4. What is mass measured in? What is volume measure in?
5. What is the mass of the object on the TTB with proper precision?
6. How many moles are is 355 g of carbon? How many atoms?
Station 3 – Atomic Theory Timeline.
***Answer the following questions on a separate sheet of paper.
1. Write a brief outline of the atomic theory timeline using the list of scientists below. Briefly
describe their contribution to atomic theory including any experiments and discoveries.
a. Democritus
b. Dalton
c. Thomson
d. Rutherford
e. Bohr
f. de Broglie
g. Schrodinger
h. Chadwick
Station 4 – Structure of the Atom
***Answer the following questions on a separate sheet of paper.
1.
2.
3.
4.
Draw the five major models of the atom.
Label each with the name of the model and the scientist who developed it.
How many protons, electrons, and neutrons in a carbon-14 atom?
How many protons, electrons, and neutrons in the isotope 2713Al?
Station 5 – Light and Electron Configuration
***Answer the following questions on a separate sheet of paper.
1. What is the relationship among wavelength, frequency, and energy?
2. What is the frequency of light with a wavelength of 7 x 10-7 m?
a. What is the energy of this light?
b. What color is this light?
c. How would an atom produce this light?
3. Write the electron configuration, noble gas notation, and orbital notation for tin.
a. What group is tin in? What period is tin in?
b. How many valence electrons does tin have?
Station 6 – Periodic Table and Trends
***Answer the following questions on a separate sheet of paper.
1. Explain how the periodic table is organized and what we can understand and predict about the
elements based on this organization.