Physical Science Fall 2013
Final Exam Study Guide
(DeLuca, Moody, and Peaks)
The final exam will cover chapters 7, 8, 9 and 10. Please note this is a STUDY GUIDE. Its
purpose is to assist in your exam preparation. You are responsible for ALL of the
material covered this semester, as the final exam in cumulative. Some questions may
be similar to test/quiz questions, some may be new questions (over material learned
this semester), and others may be CRITICAL THINKING questions.
Information for the final exam . . .
QUESTIONS that do not pertain to points of clarity will NOT be allowed (or answered)
during the exam.
FORMULAS will NOT be provided. You will need to know them.
CONVERSION FACTORS will be provided. You will need to know how to use them.
CALCULATORS are allowed. Please bring a calculator to the exam. One will NOT be
provided. You may NOT use your phone or computer for a calculator.
The exam will be given on Friday, Dec. 20th from 8:00 – 10:00 AM.
COMPUTERS will NOT be allowed in the exam room. Please bring a BOOK to read if you
finish early.
Please review the following material . . .
Chapter 7
Vocabulary from lessons 1-3
States of matter
--What are they?
--How does their particle motion differ?
--How are their particle spaced (close together, far apart, etc.)?
--How does their energy differ?
Physical Properties
--Size independent and Size dependent properties
Chapter 7, cont.
Mixtures
--Homogeneous vs. Heterogeneous
--Separation of mixtures
Atoms vs. Elements vs. Compounds
What is a substance?
Compounds
--How can compounds be separated?
Density
--Formula
--Calculate Density, Mass, or Volume using density formula.
Chapter 8
Phase Change Diagrams
--Know the process(es) that are occurring
--Understand what phases are present in each part of the diagram
--Understand what is happening to
--KE
--PE
--Particle distance/movement
--Attractive forces
--Spaces between the particles
--Thermal Energy
--Temperature
Calculations – All equations will NOT be given to you.
Be able to work problems involving the following equations.
Energy Equations
Potential Energy
Kinetic Energy
Thermal Energy
Chapter 8, cont.
The GAS LAWS
Boyles Law
Charles Law
Combined Gas Law
Chapter 9
Lesson 1
The early scientists and their experiments . . .
1)
2)
3)
4)
Democritus (b. 460 BC) + Aristotle (b. 384 BC)
John Dalton (1766-1844)
J. J. Thomson (1856-1940)
Radioactivity
A. Henri Becquerel (1852-1908)
B. Marie Curie (1859-1906)
5) Ernest Rutherford (1871-1937)
6) Niels Bohr (1885-1962)
Be familiar with the scientists and his or her experiment, what he or she discovered, and
what he or she thought the atom looked like (that is their atomic model).
Know what the Modern Atomic Model looks like. (p. 322 of textbook)
Lesson 2
The subatomic particles . . .
--How to calculate them?
--Where they are located in the atom?
--What are their charges?
--What are their names and symbols?
--Which two subatomic particles make up the mass of the atom?
--How to calculate the numbers of each?
--Which subatomic particle is responsible for the identity of the atom?
(Hint: It NEVER changes!!)
--What is AMU?
Chapter 9, cont.
Lesson 2, cont.
Isotopes
--What are they?
--How do they differ from one another?
--Which subatomic particles change and which stay the same?
--How do their atomic masses differ? Why?
--How to calculate the numbers of each subatomic particle?
Ions
--Be able to calculate protons, electrons, and neutrons.
--What is a cation?
--Does it gain or lose electrons?
--Calculate the number of electrons gained or lost?
--Be able to write the nuclear symbol.
--What is an anion?
--Does it gain or lose electrons?
--Calculate the number of electrons gained or lost?
--Be able to write the nuclear symbol?
Periodic Table
--Be able to use it.
--Identify the atom’s name, symbol, atomic #, and mass #.
--Be able to write nuclear symbols using above information.
Average Atomic Mass
--Be able to calculate it.
--What is percent abundance?
--Why is the atomic mass not a whole number?
Chapter 10
Lesson 1
The Periodic Table
--Who developed it?
--What are some of the patterns/trends found on it?
--What are Periods?
--What are families (or groups)?
--How (and why) is it arranged?
-- Old Periodic Table vs Today’s Periodic Table
--What is an element key?
--Metals, Nonmetals, and Metalloids
--What are they?
--Where are they found on Periodic Table?
Lesson 2
Properties of Metals
--Physical properties
--Chemical properties
--Patterns in the properties in metals
Types of Metals
--Group 1 Alkali Metals
--Group 2 Alkaline Earth Metals
--Group 3-12 Transition Metals
Lanthanide and Actinide series
Lesson 3
Nonmetals and Metalloids
--How do metals differ from nonmetals?
--Properties of nonmetals and metalloids
--The Halogens
--The Noble Gases
--Metalloids
--Semiconductors