Exam 1 Study Guide
Be familiar with all of these topics and be able to apply them to questions. For the exam you will be given a period table and a formula sheet to use.
Unit 1.1
- Understanding rules for significant figures and rounding
- Converting numbers between scientific notation and standard notation
- Identifying differentiating characteristics
- Interpreting and drawing cooling curves
- Understanding energy differences in the different physical states of matter
- Interpreting and drawing phase diagrams
- Interpreting and drawing vapor pressure curves
- Different separation techniques and what they’re used to separate
- Understanding the relationship between intermolecular forces and phase changes
Unit 1.2
- Assumptions of the particulate model of matter
- Listing the different SI units and what they measure
- Assumptions of the kinetic molecular theory of gases
- Using the kinetic energy formula
- Understanding the relationship between particle movement speed, temperature, and particle mass
Unit 1.3
- Reading the periodic table
- Identifying charges on the period tables for ionic compounds
- Identifying ionic and molecular compounds
- Identifying diatomic elements
- Naming compounds
- Writing molecular formulas from molecule diagrams
- Determining number of moles of individual atoms in molecular compounds
- Converting between moles, grams, and particle/ atom amounts
- Calculating molarity
- Ideal gas law equation and the relationship between the variables involved
Math
- Check provided formula sheet
- Know what all the formulas are used for
- Know what the variables represent in each formula