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‘A’ Chemistry -- Chapter 2 Study Guide

Define:
1. mixture                                         18. malleable
2. heterogeneous mixture                  19. nonmetal
3. homogeneous mixture                   20. metalloids
4. solution                                        21. noble gas
5. distillation                                     22. subscript
6. electrolysis                                   23. binary compound
7. compounds                                  24. dissociate
8. elements                                      25. polyatomic ion
9. law of definite composition           26. family
10. law of multiple proportions         27. group
11. atomic number                           28. series
12. diatomic elements                       29. period
13. molecule                                    30. transition elements
14. ion                                             31. alkali metals
15. atomic mass                               32. alkaline earth metals
16. amu                                           33. halogens
17. metals                                        34. lanthanide series
                                                       35. actinide series
Questions:
1. List several ways to separate mixtures.
2. Draw a flow chart showing the organization of matter.
3. How does the boiling point and melting point of mixtures and pure substances differ?
4. What is the difference between decomposition and distillation?
5. Be able to write the symbol for the elements listed on p.50 in Table 2-1.
6. Differentiate between mixtures and compounds.
7. List the elements that are diatomic.
8. Compare ionic and molecular compounds.
9. List characteristics of metals, nonmetals and metalloids.
10. What does a chemical formula tell you?
11. List the three rules for writing formulas.
12. List the steps involved in naming molecular formulas.
13. List the rules for predicting ion charges from the periodic table.
14. Make flash cards and memorize the polyatomic ions in Table 2-5.
15. How do you name ionic compounds?
16. When would you use roman numerals in naming a compound?
17. Label the parts of a periodic table, including: family, group, series, period, alkali metals, alkaline earth metals, halogens, noble gases, metals, metalloid, nonmetals, transition elements, lanthanide series, and actinide series
Problems:
p. 49 # 3,4,5,6,7,8        p.60 # 13,14,15,16,17,18   p.63 # 19,20,21,22
p. 64 # 23,24,25     p. 67 # 26,27,28,29    p.69 # 30,31,32,33
p. 71 # 34,35,36,37,38,39,40,41,42
Chapter Review p. 74-77  # 1,12,13,14,19,20,21,22,23,24,25