Check-In Quiz 2

Exams are spaced roughly 1 month apart in this course. Check-In Quizzes were written to cover the material between each exam as a sort of road marker between major assessments. While these quizzes are not graded or collected, they can be used as mini-exams to test your self half way through a unit. Think of it as an informal way to check your understanding halc way through to the next exam. 

 

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Empirical & Molecular Formulas:

  • Know the difference between empirical and molecular formulas
  • Know how to calculate empirical formulas from percent composition by mass
  • Know how to calculate molecular formulas starting from the empirical formula and molar mass

Chemical Equations:

  • Know the difference between the stoichiometric coefficients (the numbers specifying how many of each reactant and product are involved in the reaction) and the subscripts in a formula (which specify the number of each atom within the substance)
  • Be able to balance each of the reaction types we have studied:
    • Combustion:
      • Know the products from the complete burning of hydrocarbons:
        • Carbon Dioxide & Water
    • Decomposition:
      • Breaking down a complex substance into multiple smaller substances
      • Be able to write the decomposition of a compound to its component elements:
        • Remember the elements that exist as diatomic molecules (H2, N2, O2, F2, Cl2, Br2, I2)
    • Synthesis:
      • Combining multiple substances to make one more complex substance
    • Double Replacement:
      • Predict the products of the reaction:
        • Be sure to write the products with the correct ratio of positive and negative charges to generate NEUTRAL ionic products
      • Be able to use the Solubility Chart to predict the phase of each component involved in a reaction:
        • Use phase symbols to specify aqueous solutions (aq), solids (s), liquids (l) and gases (g)