Honors Chemistry - Midterm

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Chemistry

Study of the composition of matter.

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Biochemistry

Study of chemical changes in living things.

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Organic Chemistry

Chemistry of things containing carbon.

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Matter

Anything that occupies space and has mass.

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Solid

Object with a definite volume and shape (close attractive force)

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Liquid

Substance with a definite volume but takes that shape of its container.

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Gas

Substance with NO definite volume or shape.

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Heterogeneous

If a mixture is not uniform throughout, it is called…

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Intensive Properties

Properties that depend on the type of material present (boiling point, melting point, density, etc.)

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Extensive Properties

Properties that depend on the amount of mater present (volume, mass, length, etc.)

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Qualitative Observations

Observations dealing with the quality of a substance (the shoes are old and brown)

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Quantitative Observations

Observations dealing with the quantity of data (John Bapt has 2 Ms. Ortiz)

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Kilogram

SI unit for mass.

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Meter

SI unit for length

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Precise

Measurements that fall in the same range/area.

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Accurate

Measurements falling close to the actual/true value.

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4

Number of significant figures in the measurement 0.0004080 kg.

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Nucleus

The Gold Foil experiment proved the existence of what?

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J.J. Thompson

Who discovered the electron?

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Electron

Cathode Ray Tubes led to the discovery of the…

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Isotope

Atoms of the same element with different numbers of neutrons.

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Albert Einstein

Who is credited with the photoelectric effect?

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1

Number of s orbitals?

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3

Number of p orbitals?

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5

Number of d orbitals?

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7

Number of f orbitals?

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Speed

All electromagnetic radiation has the same what?

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Released

For an electron in an atom to change from an excited state to a ground state, energy must be…..

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Copper and Chromium

Which two elements have different electron notations than expected?

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Ionization Energy

The energy required to remove an electron is known as what?

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Increases

As we go down a group, the atomic radius….

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Triple

Which type of bond is the strongest, single, double, or triple?

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Ionic Compounds

Which have higher melting points, ionic or covalent (molecular) compounds?

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Tetrahedral

What is the molecular geometry of CH4?

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Removed

To make a bond, must energy be added or removed?

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-1

What is the oxidation number of Fluorine?

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N2F5

What is the formula for dinitrogen pentafluoride?

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Charge of the ion

In a polyatomic ion, the sum of the oxidation numbers is equal to the…

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Aluminum Fluoride

Name AlF3

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Copper (II) chloride

Name CuCl2

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Oxygen difluoride

Name OF2

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Nitrite

Name NO2^-

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6.62 g/cm^3

What is the density of 39.56 g of material whose volume is 5.98 cm^3?

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6.022 x 10^23 atoms

The number of atoms in 1 mol of Silicon is?

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12.0107 g

The mass of 1 mol of Carbon is?

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1s^2 2s^2 2p^6 3s^2 3p^2

The electron notation for Si is…

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Nonmetals

Poor conductors of heat and electricity; extremely brittle

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Pure

Elements and compounds are ….. substances?

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Atom

The smallest unit of matter that maintains its chemical identity.

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Chemical

Any substance that has a definite composition

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Mixture

A blend of any two or more kinds of matter, as long as each maintains its own unique properties.

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Groups/families

The vertical columns on the Periodic Table

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Periods

The horizontal columns on the Periodic Table

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Precipitate

Formed when two liquids are mixed to form a solid.

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100 C

Boiling point of water

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0 C

Freezing point of water

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Weight

The gravitational pull on a substance/object.

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Hypothesis

A statement that can be tested experimentally.

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1 cm^3

I mL is equal to…

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Theory

Generalization that explains known facts that everyone agrees on.

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4.05 g

The density of aluminum is 2.70 g/cm^3. What is the mass of a solid piece of aluminum with a volume of 1.50 cm^3?

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0.071 cm^3

The density of pure diamond is 3.5 g/cm^3. What is the volume of a diamond with a mass of 0.25 g?

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5.55 g/cm^3

What is the density of 37.72 g of material whose volume is 6.80 cm^3?

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1060 mL

1.06 L of water is equivalent to how many mL?

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0.036 g

0.035550 g rounded off to two significant figures would be…

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3 m/s

When 5.7m is divided by 2s, the quotient is correctly reported as…

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1.246

What is 1.245 633 501 x 10^8 rounded to four significant figures?

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2.8 x 10^-9 kg/mL

When 1.92 x 10^-6 is divided by 6.8 x 10^2 mL, the quotient equals…

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10^10

The result of dividing 10^7 by 10^-3 is…

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2.5 x 10^-1 L

The capacity of a Florence flask is 250 mL. Its capacity in L expressed in scientific notation is….

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| experimental value - actual value | over actual value x 100%

How do you calculate percent error?

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420 m^3

Convert 4.2 x 10^8 cm^3 to m^3

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Standard

The periodic table is a …. scale.

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6.022 x 10^23

Avogadro’s number

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John Dalton

Who proposed the Atomic Theory?

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3

Number of isotopes in hydrogen.

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1/2000th the size of an atom

Size of an electron.

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Ernest Rutherford

Conducted the Gold Foil Experiment.

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Protons + Neutrons

Mass number of an element.

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Democrates

Discovered the atom.

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Law of Conservation of Mass

Reactants = Products Law

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Law of Definite Proportions

Law stating that formulas are ALWAYS written in small whole number ratios.

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None

The most common form of Hydrogen has how many neutrons?

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8

Carbon-14 (atomic number 6), has how many neutrons?

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Average atomic mass

To determine the molar mass of an element, one must know the element’s…

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1.204 x 10^23

A prospector finds 39.39 g of pure gold (atomic mass 196.9665 amu). She has how many atoms of Au?…

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2.56

Determine the number of moles in 100. g of potassium. The molar mass of potassium is 39.10 g/mol.

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1.88 x 10^23

Calculate the number of atoms in 10.0 g of sulfur (molar mass of 32.07 g/mol)

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UV rays

Waves that are small, have high frequency, and have high energy. (Often used in tanning booths)

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Schrodinger

He determined that electrons move around the nucleus in orbitals.

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Pauli’s Exclusion Principle

Electrons in the same orbital must have opposite spins.

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Hund’s rule

Orbitals must have one electron each before a second can be added to any of them.

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Radio waves

Waves that are long, have high frequency, and emit little energy (used in broadcasting)

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Quantum Theory

Theory stating that an atom has orbitals that only predict the probability of the location of the electron.

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Dumbbells

The p orbitals are shaped like…

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5

How many orientations can an s orbital have around the nucleus?

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[Ar] 4s^1 3d^10

Noble Gas notation for copper

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6.76 x 10^14 Hz

If the wavelength ( λ ) of green light is 4.44 x 10^-7 m, what is the frequency ( v )?

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8.42 x 10^-19 J

How much energy is released when an electron with a wavelength of 2.37 x 10^-7 m is excited?

E = hv (h= planck’s constant)

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Bohr

Created a model showing that electrons orbit the nucleus in electron orbitals.

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