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
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