mccord ch304k

FINAL

12/13


Final Exam

Friday 12/13 2-5pm UTC 2.112A

ALL Four Exam Learning Outcomes

Exam 1

Chapters 1 and 2: Fundamentals + Atmosphere, Air, and Gases

Students will know...

  1. how to count stuff
  2. that fire is hot
  3. how to mathematically convert from one type of unit to another utilizing a set of conversion factors
  4. the names, formulas, and physical state of the first 10 alkanes
  5. Know which elements exist as diatomic molecules
  6. the MAIN Metric Prefixes for Chemistry Class as listed in section 10.2 of chembook - it's the last table there
  7. how to fully balance a chemical reaction and identify the coefficients
  8. how to do composition stoichiometry calculations - figuring out the percent of a specific element in a given compound
  9. how to do reaction stoichiometry calculations converting moles to moles and also moles to grams and grams to grams or anything else
  10. how to predict product amounts when given arbitrary amounts of reactants - limiting reactant problems (like #20 on HW01)
  11. the 3 primary components and their percentages of dry air
  12. how those percentages change when humid air is used
  13. the 6 primary pollutants in our air - know names and formulas and/or abbreviations for them
  14. the primary sources/causes of those pollutants
  15. what methods are in place to help curb the amounts of these pollutants in air
  16. how to calculate various gas law values - P, V, T, and n according to the ideal gas law and associated laws
  17. anything else we learned and did in class, on HW, that I forgot here

Exam 2

Chapter 3: Radiation / Atomic Theory / Bonding

Students will know...

  1. what electromagnetic radiation is and how we chunk it up into seven regions
  2. the order of the regions of EM radiation from highest to lowest
  3. the order of the colors of the visible spectrum and the two wavelengths we use to define it
  4. how matter interacts with each region of the EM spectrum
  5. the names and rules for the four quantum numbers that describe electrons within atoms
  6. how to write the electron configuration for any element on the periodic table
  7. how to write the electron configuration for any monatomic ion
  8. how to correctly name, and write the full formula for polyatomic ions ("shortlist" in section 4.01)
  9. how to name cations and anions (including polyatomic ions) and ionic compounds (salts)
  10. the general trends we covered on the periodic table: atomic radii, monatomic ion radii, ionization energy, and electronegativity
  11. how to identify and name simple covalent compounds
  12. how to distinguish between ionic bonds, perfectly covalent bonds, and polar covalent bonds
  13. what the determining factor is to have a polar molecule
  14. anything I covered, talked about in class, that I forgot to list here

Exam 3

Chapter 4: Bonding and Energy Transfer

Students will know...

  1. how to draw and interpret electron line/dot structures
  2. how to tell the difference in non-polar and polar bonds
  3. how to determine whether a molecule is polar or not
  4. how to assign formal charge to all atoms in a molecule or ion
  5. how to assess whether a structure will exhibit resonance
  6. how to depict resonance with multiple structures and what it means
  7. what electron delocalization means
  8. how to assess structures and determine the electronic geometry surrounding an atom in the structure
  9. how to determine the molecular geometry surrounding an atom in a structure
  10. the relative strengths and lengths of molecular bonds
  11. how to assess the bond order of a bond for both regular structures and resonance structures
  12. what the criteria are for a greenhouse gas
  13. the major greenhouse gases affecting our climate
  14. what and where the ozone layer is
  15. the role the ozone layer plays in our over all global climate
  16. how CFCs are detrimental to the ozone layer and the mechanism by which they operate

Exam 4

Chapter 5: Fossil Fuels and Thermodynamics

Students will know...

  1. what the first law of thermodynamics is and how it is stated/used
  2. what the second law of thermodynamics is and how it is stated/used
  3. the difference in endothermic and exothermic reactions/processes
  4. the definitions of the system, surroundings, and the universe in thermodynamics
  5. the differences in an open, closed, and isolated system
  6. how to completely balance combustion reactions
  7. how to calculate the total energy available from a given amount of fossil fuel when heat of combustion data is given
  8. the mathematical relationships between heat, amount of substance, heat capacity, and temperature change for any given substance (the "mcat" formula)
  9. how to calculate heats of various processes using a calorimeter
  10. the difference in a bomb calorimeter and a coffee-cup calorimeter
  11. how to calculate the specific heat of a metal when given the needed calorimeter experimental data
  12. which fuels have the highest kJ/g energy output and the lowest (general trend)
  13. the general way in which fossil fuels are extracted from crude oil
  14. the purpose and reaction outcome of cracking and reforming on fossil fuels
  15. how to use a table of bond energies to calculate the heat (enthalpy) of a reaction
  16. how to calculate the heat in/out of a physical change in state (phase change)
  17. how to mathematically traverse a heating curve for a substance from solid state to gas state