AP Chemistry Summer Assignment 2015
Spring Grove Area High School
Mrs. Kimber
Twitter: @APChemsgasd
Welcome to AP Chemistry! Our journey is long, so we can’t wait until the end of August to begin. Whether it is your intention to excel on the AP Chemistry Exam, and exempt 3 to 8 credits in chemistry, or just to have an outstanding background when you enter college, The AP Chemistry Curriculum is designed to help you achieve your goals.
This course is rigorous and time demanding. Therefore, there are some tasks to work on over the summer break that will greatly help you ease into the transition to a full load of classes and extra-curriculars in the fall. Don’t wait until the week before school starts to begin. Depending on your retention of Chem I, the assignments below will take you 4 to 8 hours to complete.
Task 1: Form a problem solving/study group. Solving chemistry problems, studying, and writing lab reports works much better if you have a trusted group of friends to work with. When one of you gets stuck on a problem, someone else in the group can usually help. This makes the tedious task much more bearable. Eating pizza usually helps also. Be prepared to report to me about who is in your problem-solving group on the first day of class.
Task 2:Familiarize yourself with the organization of the textbook. We will be purchasing a new textbook this summer (I hope!) I have copied chapters 1-3 from the textbook that I am currently leaning towards purchasing. Pay particular attention to the information in tables and figures. Read pages 32 and 33 and notice where to find the chapter summary and key terms, learning outcomes, and equations.
Task 3: Chapters 1-3 reading and problem solving.
Read each chapter, and then complete the questions and problems listed below. You must show work for all problems. As always, unit analysis is required. Problem sets for chapters 1,2,and 3 should each be on a separate sheet of paper, and problems must be numbered, in order, neat, and legible. This assignment will be collected on the first day of school, and graded.We will review this material when you return.
Chapters 1-3 should be a review of Chem I for you. If you do not remember it, you will need to spend some time re-learning studying this material! The key to success in AP Chemistry is RETENTION! So when you re-learn this material, make sure you learn it well enough to retain it! THERE IS NO RE-TESTING IN AP CHEMISTRY! LEARN IT! RETAIN IT! STUDY IT! APPLY IT!
Chapter 1: Introduction
Things to be sure you are confident in:
All vocabulary listed in the chapter (see the key words at the end of the chapter.)
Table 1.4 and 1.5 units and prefixes
Scientific notation and significant figures
Definition of density and solving density problems
Using unit analysis to solve word problems
Answer the following questions at the end of chapter 1. (Pages 33-39) Use unit analysis for any problems: 1.1-1.24, 39, 48, 53, 86*
*Note that some of the questions contain drawings that are easier to decipher in color. A color version of the problem pages is accessible on my website in the AP Chemistry folder in the Summer Assignment link.
Chapter 2: Atoms, Molecules, and Ions
Things to be sure you are confident in:
All vocabulary listed in the chapter (see the key words at the end of the chapter.)
Charges on all monatomic ions shown in tables 2.4 and 2.5
Formula writing and naming Ionic Compounds, including all ions listed in figure 2.23
Formula writing and naming molecular compounds, including all prefixes in table 2.6
Formula writing and naming binary and oxyacids, bases, and hydrates.
New but it’s easy, so do it now: naming and formula writing for the first ten straight chain alkanes. See the bottom of page 69.
Answer the following questions at the end of chapter 2. (Pages 73-78)
1-8,21-23,27,35,47-51,53-55,57,65,71,73,77.
Chapter 3: Mass Relationships in Chemical Reactions
Things to be sure you are confident in:
All vocabulary listed in the chapter (see the key words at the end of the chapter.)
Using avogadro’s number and molar mass to convert mass to atoms, moles and molecules.
Calculating the % composition of a compound from the empirical or molecular formula.
Calculating the empirical formula from the % composition.
Calculating molecular formulas.
Writing and balancing chemical equations.
Solving Mass-Mass stoichiometry problems.
Answer the following questions at the end of chapter 3. (Pages 112-121)
1-8,14,16-18,22,25f,27a,28d,32,36d,45,49,53a,63
Feel free to email me with questions!
Have a happy and relaxing summer, but don’t forget we have a lot of work to do in the fall when we return.
Rest Up!
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