The 2008-09 Midterm Exam is not yet written. When it has been written, a study guide will be posted here.
In the meantime, here's the review sheet for MHS AP Chemistry midterm exams through the 2007-08 school year:
The midterm will be 50 questions long. It will be 90% multiple choice with five “show-your-work” problems. You will be given a sheet with equations, constants, and conversion factors. You will also be given a basic periodic table (name, symbol, atomic number, & atomic mass).
You should bring a scientific calculator, some #2 pencils, and a good eraser. When you are finished you may read something, but there will be no talking during the exam period. Leave all of your chemistry stuff in your locker.
The exam covers chapters 1 - 9. The following is a list of topics covered so far, any of which may be on the midterm. This list may be incomplete. Check your syllabi and go back through the chapters (especially the chapter summaries). It would probably be a great idea to study from the "Study Guide and Workbook."
Here's the list:
| matter & states | solubility rules |
| physical vs. chemical | signs of reaction & driving force |
| mixtures & solutions | metal reactions |
| elements & compounds | oxidation & reduction ("ReDox") |
| units, labels, & factor/label | activity series |
| Celsius, Kelvin, & Fahrenheit | titration |
| precision, accuracy, & sig. figs | energy in reaction |
| atomic structure & theory | kinetic & potential |
| isotopes, atomic mass | internal energy, heat, & work |
| periodic table & families | state functions |
| metallic properties & trends | exo- & endo- |
| molecules & ions | heats of reaction, Hess' law |
| molecular, ionic, empirical formulae | heat capacity & calorimetry |
| naming inorganic compounds | heats of formation |
| polyatomic ions | electrons, photons, & waves |
| molecular compounds | electromagnetic radiation |
| chemical reactions & equations | UV, IR, visible, line & continuous spectra |
| stoichiometry | E = hn c = ln l = h/mv |
| atomic & molecular weights | orbitals, quanta, uncertainty principle |
| moles | s, p, d, & f |
| empirical formulas from analysis | 1s2s2p3s3p4s3d4p5s4d5p6s4f5d6p7s5f6d7p |
| using balanced equations | shielding & effective nuclear charge |
| limiting reactants & theoretical yield | electron configuration & the periodic table |
| molarity | periodic properties & trends |
| concentration & dilution | bonding: covalent, ionic, & metallic |
| electrolytes: strong & weak | dot diagrams & Lewis structures |
| equilibrium | energy & bonding |
| acids & bases: strong & weak | bond polarity & electronegativity |
| neutralization & salts | resonance structures |
| ionic equations: overall & net | bond lengths & strengths |
| metathesis & precipitation reactions | molecular geometry |
| oxidation numbers | bond angles |
| VSEPR | polarity of molecules |
| "expanded valence shells" | hybrid orbitals (sp, sp2, sp3, dsp3, d2sp3) |
| orbital overlap | multiple bonds |
| s & p bonds | s* & p* bonds |
| molecular orbitals | lab safety |
| diatomic molecules | labs from class |
I went through the book and wrote down really quick "titles" for everything that we have done so far. I hope they ring many bells. Please study together in groups; teach each other what you don't all know, and ask good questions BEFORE the exam.
Good Luck! J
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