ap chem topics
Review for First Quarter Exam AP CHEMISTRY
List of topics – Chapters: review, 1, 2, 3.1 and 3.2
1. Scientific Method
2. Significant Figures
3. Calculation with significant figures
4. Uncertainty
5. Density problems
6. Density Graphs interpretation
7. Dimensional Analysis
8. States of Matter
9. Classification of matter
10. Separation techniques
11. Structure of the atom
a. historical development: Democritus; Aristotle; Dalton (postulates, law of definite proportions, law of multiple proportions, atomic model); J.J. Thompson (atomic model and electron discovery); Rutherford (atomic model and gold foil experiment); Bohr’s atomic model and origin of discontinuous energy levels; Heisenberg and electron cloud’s model; Schrodinger and wave functions
b. Subatomic particles (atomic number, atomic mass, isotopes presence)
c. Symbols for representing isotopes (hyphenation notation and nuclear notation
d. Average atomic mass – meaning and calculation
e. Flame test experiment and deductions
f. Atomic spectra and energy quantization
g. Spectroscopy and difference between absorption and emission spectrum
h. Paramagnetism
12. Electrons are responsible for forming molecules
13. The seven types of radiations
14. Electromagnetic radiation
a. definition and concept of polarization
15. Wavelength
a. definition, symbol, unit, and equation between wavelength and frequency
16. Frequency
a. definition, symbol, unit, and equation between frequency and wavelength
17. Energy (Plank’s equation)
a. definition, symbol, unit, and equation between energy and frequency
18. Calculations with energy, wavelength, and frequency
19. Dual nature of light and photoelectric effect
20. Electron’s energy is quantized, meaning that electrons jump by steps of QUANTA
21. Electron’s configuration
a. electrons are in orbitals – place of higher probability of finding the electrons in an atom
b. the four quantum numbers: n, l, m, s
c. main energy level of an electron is
List of topics – Chapters: review, 1, 2, 3.1 and 3.2
1. Scientific Method
2. Significant Figures
3. Calculation with significant figures
4. Uncertainty
5. Density problems
6. Density Graphs interpretation
7. Dimensional Analysis
8. States of Matter
9. Classification of matter
10. Separation techniques
11. Structure of the atom
a. historical development: Democritus; Aristotle; Dalton (postulates, law of definite proportions, law of multiple proportions, atomic model); J.J. Thompson (atomic model and electron discovery); Rutherford (atomic model and gold foil experiment); Bohr’s atomic model and origin of discontinuous energy levels; Heisenberg and electron cloud’s model; Schrodinger and wave functions
b. Subatomic particles (atomic number, atomic mass, isotopes presence)
c. Symbols for representing isotopes (hyphenation notation and nuclear notation
d. Average atomic mass – meaning and calculation
e. Flame test experiment and deductions
f. Atomic spectra and energy quantization
g. Spectroscopy and difference between absorption and emission spectrum
h. Paramagnetism
12. Electrons are responsible for forming molecules
13. The seven types of radiations
14. Electromagnetic radiation
a. definition and concept of polarization
15. Wavelength
a. definition, symbol, unit, and equation between wavelength and frequency
16. Frequency
a. definition, symbol, unit, and equation between frequency and wavelength
17. Energy (Plank’s equation)
a. definition, symbol, unit, and equation between energy and frequency
18. Calculations with energy, wavelength, and frequency
19. Dual nature of light and photoelectric effect
20. Electron’s energy is quantized, meaning that electrons jump by steps of QUANTA
21. Electron’s configuration
a. electrons are in orbitals – place of higher probability of finding the electrons in an atom
b. the four quantum numbers: n, l, m, s
c. main energy level of an electron is