CHEM 102 Final Flashcards
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CHEM 102 Final Flashcards

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What is matter?

Anything occupying space and having mass.

Which of the following are forms of matter? (Select all that apply)

  • Mixture (correct)
  • Element (correct)
  • Atom (correct)
  • Compound (correct)
  • What is a physical change?

    A change that doesn't alter the formula of compounds or elements.

    What is a chemical change?

    <p>A process that separates a compound into elements and involves making or breaking chemical bonds.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What are measurements in chemistry?

    <p>SI units and metric prefixes.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does uncertainty in measurements refer to?

    <p>All measurements have uncertainty, usually ±1 in the last digit.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is precision in the context of measurements?

    <p>Closeness of measurements to each other and reproducibility.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is accuracy in measurements?

    <p>Closeness of a measurement to the accepted or true value.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What are significant figures?

    <p>All solid numbers are significant, with specific rules regarding zeros.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What are the addition rules for significant figures?

    <p>The answer has the same number of decimal places as the term with the least number of decimal places.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What are the multiplication and division rules for significant figures?

    <p>The answer has the same number of significant figures as the term with the least number of significant figures.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is dimensional analysis?

    <p>Using units and conversion factors to obtain the correct answer.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is percent error?

    <p>The formula is |true result - experimental| / true result x 100.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is Dalton's atomic theory?

    <ol> <li>Each element is made up of atoms. 2) Atoms of the same element are alike. 3) Compounds form when atoms of 2 or more elements combine. 4) The law of conservation of mass states that atoms are rearranged, not created or destroyed.</li> </ol> Signup and view all the answers

    What did JJ Thomson discover?

    <p>Particles are charged and have mass, and negatively charged particles are fundamental to atoms.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What did Rutherford's gold foil experiment reveal?

    <p>Atoms are mostly empty space, with protons in a dense nucleus that repels alpha particles.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What are subatomic particles?

    <p>Protons (positive charge), neutrons (neutral), and electrons (negative charge).</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the atomic number?

    <h1>of protons in an atom.</h1> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the mass number?

    <h1>of protons + # of neutrons.</h1> Signup and view all the answers

    What differentiates a neutral atom from an ion?

    <p>A neutral atom has equal numbers of electrons and protons, while an ion is formed by the gain or loss of electrons.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What are isotopes?

    <p>Atoms of the same element with different numbers of neutrons.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is a cation?

    <p>A positively charged ion formed when electrons are lost.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is an anion?

    <p>A negatively charged ion formed when electrons are gained.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does a chemical formula indicate?

    <p>Subscripts tell how many of each kind of atom are present.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is an ionic compound?

    <p>Made up of cations and anions held together by attraction.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is a covalent compound?

    <p>Made up entirely of nonmetals, held together by sharing electrons.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What are the rules for naming ionic compounds?

    <p>Cation first, then anion; use base names and roman numerals for transition metals.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What are the rules for naming covalent compounds?

    <p>Base name for first element, anion naming like a regular anion, and use prefixes for numbers.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is Avogadro's number?

    <p>6.0223 x 10²³ moles.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    How do you calculate an average atomic mass?

    <p>Iso 1 mass(abundance) + (Iso 2 mass)(abundance) + ... = average atomic mass.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is a molecular formula?

    <p>Gives the actual number and kinds of atoms in a compound.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is an empirical formula?

    <p>The simplest whole number ratio of atoms in a compound.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does percent mass indicate?

    <p>Mass of X = mass of X / total mass x 100.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is combustion analysis?

    <p>Starts with C∧H∧O∧ -&gt; CO₂ + H₂O.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What do chemical reactions entail?

    <p>Breaking and making chemical bonds, atoms are conserved.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What are diatomic elements?

    <p>HONClBrIF.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What are the types of reactions?

    <p>Synthesis, decomposition, single displacement, double displacement, and combustion.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is a limiting reactant?

    <p>The reactant that produces less of the product.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is percent yield?

    <p>Actual yield / theoretical yield x 100.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is a solution?

    <p>A homogeneous mixture.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is a solvent?

    <p>The dissolving medium present in the greatest amount.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is a solute?

    <p>The substance dissolved in a solution.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the role of water as a solvent?

    <p>Water is a polar covalent compound that dissolves other polar and ionic solutes.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What are strong electrolytes?

    <p>Compounds that are 100% ionized or dissociated.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What are weak electrolytes?

    <p>Only some ions are present, conducts electricity but only slightly.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What are exothermic reactions?

    <p>Reactions that release heat; ∆H is negative.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is electron affinity?

    <p>Energy released or absorbed when an atom gains an electron.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does isoelectronic mean?

    <p>Having the same number of electrons.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What are the three most electronegative elements?

    <p>Fluorine, Oxygen, and Nitrogen.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    How do ionic bonds form?

    <p>By transferring valence electrons between atoms.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is a nonpolar covalent bond?

    <p>Electrons are shared equally between atoms.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is a polar covalent bond?

    <p>Electrons are not shared equally, resulting in a dipole.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What are Lewis structures?

    <p>Diagrams that show the arrangement of valence electrons in a compound.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does the Valence Shell Electron Pair Repulsion (VSEPR) model state?

    <p>Electrons repel each other, resulting in specific molecular geometries.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What are sigma bonds?

    <p>Bonds formed by the end-to-end overlap of atomic orbitals.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What are pi bonds?

    <p>Bonds formed by the side-to-side overlap of parallel p orbitals.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    How are sigma and pi bonds related in multiple bonds?

    <p>A single bond consists of 1 sigma bond; a double bond consists of 1 sigma and 1 pi bond; a triple bond consists of 1 sigma and 2 pi bonds.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What are intermolecular forces?

    <p>The attraction between neighboring molecules.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Study Notes

    Matter and Its Forms

    • Matter is defined as anything that occupies space and possesses mass.
    • Forms of matter range from simplest (atoms) to complex (mixtures):
      • Atoms consist of neutrons, protons, and electrons.
      • Elements are collections of the same type of atoms.
      • Compounds are combinations of different elements forming constant compositions through chemical bonds.
      • Mixtures can be homogeneous (uniform composition) or heterogeneous (non-uniform composition).

    Changes in Matter

    • Physical changes do not alter the chemical formulas of compounds or elements (e.g., phase changes).
    • Chemical changes involve breaking down compounds into their constituent elements and entail making and breaking chemical bonds.

    Measurements and Uncertainty

    • SI units and metric prefixes are essential in scientific measurements.
    • All measurements have inherent uncertainty, typically assumed to be ±1 in the last digit.
    • Precision refers to the consistency of measurements, while accuracy denotes how close a measurement is to the true value.

    Significant Figures and Calculation Rules

    • Significant figures include all solid numbers, with specific rules applied to zeros based on their position.
    • In addition, calculations ensure answers reflect the least number of decimal places for addition and least significant figures for multiplication/division.
    • Dimensional analysis employs units and conversion factors to derive correct answers.

    Atomic Structure and Theories

    • Dalton's Atomic Theory posits that elements are composed of atoms, with atoms of the same element being identical, compounds having constant compositions, and mass conservation during chemical reactions.
    • JJ Thomson demonstrated that particles carry charge and possess mass, indicating the existence of negatively charged fundamental atomic particles.
    • Rutherford's experiments revealed that atoms are primarily empty space with a dense nucleus containing protons.

    Subatomic Particles

    • Protons are positively charged and located in the nucleus, while neutrons are neutral and also found in the nucleus. Electrons are negatively charged and occupy the electron cloud.
    • The atomic number (lower left corner) indicates the number of protons, while the mass number (upper left corner) is the total of protons and neutrons.

    Ions and Isotopes

    • Neutral atoms have equal numbers of electrons and protons. Ions result from the gain or loss of electrons.
    • Isotopes represent atoms of the same element with differing neutron counts.

    Ionic and Covalent Compounds

    • Cations (positively charged) result from electron loss; anions (negatively charged) arise from electron gain.
    • Naming conventions:
      • Ionic compounds prioritize cations followed by anions, utilizing base names and Roman numerals for transition metals.
      • Covalent compounds consist of nonmetals, named using prefixes to denote quantities and root modifications for anions.

    Chemical Measurements and Calculations

    • Avogadro's number is 6.0223 x 10²³ moles.
    • Average atomic mass can be calculated based on isotope mass and abundance.
    • Molecular formulas provide actual atom quantities in a compound, while empirical formulas reflect the simplest whole number ratios.

    Reactions and Limiting Reactants

    • Chemical reactions involve bond breaking and forming, adhering to the law of conservation of mass and demonstrating mole relationships between reactants and products.
    • Limiting reactants identify the component that yields the lesser amount of product, while percent yield compares actual and theoretical yields.

    Solutions and Electrolytes

    • A solution is a homogeneous mixture composed of solutes (substances dissolved) and solvents (the dissolving medium).
    • Strong electrolytes are ionic compounds that ionize completely, while weak electrolytes only partially dissociate.

    Energy Changes in Reactions

    • Exothermic reactions release energy, often indicated by a positive ∆H value.
    • Electron affinity refers to the energy change during electron gain by an atom and shows erratic trends.

    Bonding and Molecular Geometry

    • Electrons bond either through ionic (transfer) or covalent (sharing) interactions, affecting electronegativity and bond properties.
    • VSEPR theory explains molecular geometry based on electron repulsion, determining shapes like linear, tetrahedral, and octahedral formations.
    • Sigma bonds involve head-to-head orbital overlap, while pi bonds result from side-to-side overlap; the bonds determine rotational behavior within molecules.

    Intermolecular Forces

    • Intermolecular forces are attractions between neighboring molecules that influence their physical states and properties.

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