Chemistry Final Exam Example Questions – Flashcards
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| JJ Thompson's cathode ray tube determined |
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| electrons existed in atoms |
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| the gold foil experiment determined |
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| that protons existed in atoms |
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| An experiment performed by Robert ----- in 1909 determined the size of the charge on an electron |
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| milikan |
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| A X Z |
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| A-mass number Z-atomic number X-element symbol |
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| Periodic table mass is the weighted ---- of all of the isotopes of each element |
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| average |
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| according to the electromagnetic spectrum, visible light ranges from _____ (left end) to ____ (right end). What are the respective wavelengths of these two extremas? |
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| violet 400 nm red 700 nm |
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| produced by oscillating motion of electric charge |
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| light/ radiant energy |
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| According to the Photoelectric effect and theory, quantity of e– depends on ---- of light |
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| intensity (brightness) |
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| According to the Photoelectric effect and theory, photons are only ejected if |
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| light shined at or above minimum frequency on metal surface |
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| T/F: the atomic line spectrum is continuous |
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| false |
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| as electrons absorb energy, they move to a ______, also known as the excited state |
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| higher orbital |
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| as electrons fall back to a lower orbital, ____ is released as _____ |
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| light is released as energy |
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| when nf > ni |
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| E > 0 |
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| when ni > nf |
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| E < 0 |
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| For sig figs and problems that involve multiple calculations with only division or multiplication... |
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| round at the very end |
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| For sig figs and problems that involve multiple calculations with addition/subtraction AND multiplication/division... |
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| sig figs are defined at EACH step |
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| 1 A is equivalent to |
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| 1 x 10^-10 meters |
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| the principle quantum number (n) is proportional to |
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| the average distance of the e- from the nucleus |
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| Angular Momentum Quantum Number (l) describes |
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| the shape of the orbital |
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| what letters corresponds to each of the principle quantum numbers: 0, 1, 2, 3 |
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| s, p, d, f |
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| Magnetic Quantum Number (ml) |
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| describes orientation of the orbital |
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| • All orbitals in a subshell have --- energy |
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| same |
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| Electron Spin Quantum Number (ms) |
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| orientation of electron |
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| Pauli Exclusion Principle states that |
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| Each orbital can only have 2 e- e- in same orbital have opposite spin |
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| in 1s2 2s2 2p6 3s2 3p3 electron configuration of phosphorus, which are the core electrons vs valence electrons |
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| core: 1s2 2s2 2p6 valence: 3s2 3p3 |
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| special cases in which the electron configuration of certain elements (in the d-orbital range) do not follow the trend arises from what fact regarding d-orbitals? |
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| ? filled or completely filled d orbital is more stable |
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| aufbau principle |
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| electrons fill from lowest to highest energy |
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| Hund's Rule |
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| most stable orbital is where you try to get all orbitals to have same e- spin |
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| to find the debroglie wavelength... |
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| divide planck's constant by the product of mass and velocity |
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| the element P has the ions P- and P+, place them in order of smallest ionic radius to largest |
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| P+, P, P- |
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| Amount of energy required to completely convert one mole of a solid ionic compound to the constituent ions in the gas phase |
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| lattice energy |
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| ____ bonding Gives each atom a noble gas configuration |
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| covalent |
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| what is the difference between pure covalent and polar covalent? ionic? |
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| pure- electrons are equally shared polar- unequally shared ionic- opposite charges |
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| ability of an atom in a compound to attract electrons to itself |
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| electronegativity |
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| List the type of bonding that occurs in the respective electronegativity differences <0.5 0.52.0 >2.0 |
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| nonpolar covalent polar covalent ionic |
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| when drawing lewis structures, we have to consider that ____(element) only forms two bonds and _____(element) can only form 3 |
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| Beryllium boron |
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| three rules of naming covalent compounds |
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| 1 add prefixes for both element 2 drop mono for first element 3 add -ide suffice to second element |
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| three rules of naming ionic compounds whose cation has 1 charge |
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| 1 write metal 2 add -ide if monoatomic anion 3 write name for polyatomic anion |
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| four rules of naming ionic compounds whose cation has multiple charges |
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| 1 write metal 2 specify charge with roman numerals 3 add -ide if monoatomic anion 4 write name for polyatomic anion |
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| go over common polyatomic ion names |
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| formula for ethanol |
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| C2H4O |
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| naming acids |
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| anion ends in -ate, add -ic anion ends in -ite, add -ous |
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| what molecules have a SPECIFIC number of waters in their structure? what indicates the number of water molecules in the compound |
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| hydrates prefixes |
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| what type of acid has only one hydrogen |
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| binary acids e.g. hydrochloric acid HCL |
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| Contain carbon and hydrogen |
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| organic compounds |
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| Covalently bonded to form a single ion |
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| polyatomic ions |
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| Metals lose electrons from the ____ shell |
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| largest |
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| how to determine the polarity of a molecule? Check what two things? |
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| lone pairs and polar bonds. what are polar bonds? |
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| In VB theory, a single bond is represented by |
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| 1 sigma bond |
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| In VB theory, a double bond is represented by |
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| 1 sigma bond and 1 pi bond |
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| In VB theory, a triple bond is represented by |
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| 1 sigma bond and 2 pi bonds |
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| Carbon always has a complete octet (put in --- where necessary) |
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| hydrogens |
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| In organic molecules, what element symbol is usually not written? |
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| carbon/ Carbon-Hydrogen bond |
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| Hydrogen phosphate is? |
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| HPO4 ^ -2 |
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| Draw sulfite ion, what should you take into consideration? How many resonance structures does it have? |
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| 3 |
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| To find ideal bond angles, look at electron domain geometry chart or molecular geometry chart? |
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| based on electron domain geometry |
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| hepta |
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| 7 |
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| _________________________________________________ 24. What is the name of the compound formed when HI is dissolved in water? |
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| hydroiodic acid |
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| _____________________________________________________ 27. Resonance structures differ by: |
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| . placement of electrons only |