There will be quizzes given most weeks in the lab, as noted in the schedule below. The quizzes will be administered during the first part of the lab period - if you are late you will have less time to take the quiz! Quiz topics will be noted below by the Friday before each quiz.
Week |
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Reading* |
| 1 | 8/25-29 | Check-in; Lab Safety; Safety Quiz | |
| 2 | 9/1-5 | Labor Day Holiday, Monday, 1 September - No Labs this week! |
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No Quiz |
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| 3 | 9/8-12 | Lab Measurement, Sig Figs | |
| Quiz 1 : Chap 1&2: What is Chem; Sci & Sci Meth.; Matter, Mass & Energy, Chemical Laws. | |||
| 4 | 9/15-19 | Density | |
| Quiz 2 : Sig Figs & Sci Notation; Metric System (prefixes, conversions, etc.); Dimentional Analysis problem (e.g. density problem). | |||
| 5 | 9/22-26 | Determination of the Formula of a Chemical Compound | |
| Quiz 3 : Isotope table problem; Element Names & Symbols; Blocks, groups etc. for Periodic table. | |||
| 6 | 9/29-10/3 | Determination of a Molecular Weight | |
| Quiz 4 : Electronic configurations for atoms & ions; Lewis Structures for Atoms and Simple Ions | |||
| 7 | 10/6-10 | Lewis Structures (problem set - COMPLETE BEFORE LAB)/Molecular Geometry | |
| Quiz 5 : Oxidation Numbers (use rules to find); Periodicity and the Periodic Table (trends, etc.) | |||
Exam in Thursday Lecture |
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| 8 | 10/13-17 | Analysis of Vitamin C | |
| Quiz 6 : Predicting Molecular Geometry with VSEPR and Lewis Structures. | |||
| 9 | 10/20-24 |
Ionic Reactions and Net Ionic Equations |
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| Quiz 7 : Mass problems (%, mass to moles, moles to mass, mass to atoms) | |||
| 10 | 10/27-31 | Thermochemistry | |
| Quiz 8 : Solution Concentrations; Net Ionic Equations (review nomenclature etc.) | |||
| 11 | 11/3-7 | Gas Laws | |
| Quiz 9 : Redox Balancing (acid solution); Reaction Stoichiometry (e.g. Theoretical Yield, Empirical Formula, etc.). | |||
| 12 | 11/10-14 | Veteran's Day, Tuesday, 11 November - Campus CLOSED - No Labs this week! |
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No Quiz |
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Exam in Thursday Lecture |
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| 13 | 11/17-21 | The Molar Volume of Oxygen | |
| Quiz 10 : Gas Law problem and molarity/concentration problem | |||
| 14 | 11/24-28 |
Thanksgiving Holiday |
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| 15 | 12/1-5 | Acid-Base Titration | |
| Quiz 11: Gas Law problems - Dalton's Law and/or Avogadro's Principle | |||
| 16 | 12/8-12 | Check-out; Course Evaluation | |
| Quiz 12: Be able to label and interpret a reaction progress diagram; Use Le Chatelier's Principle to predict the response of an equilibrium reaction to different "stresses" (e.g. adding reactants or products, changing gas pressure, etc.) |
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Last modified 4 December 2008