Exam 1 Objectives


1

The student will be able to discuss and identify acids and bases.

2

The student will be able to draw and discuss Lewis Structures of acids, bases, conjugate bases, conjugate acids, and unreactive species and identify acid and base sites in molecules.

3

The student will be able to write balanced acid and base reactions.

4

The student will be able to contrast and compare strong and weak acids.  The student will be able to contrast and compare strong and weak bases.   (Know the properties of HCl, H2SO4, HNO3, -COOH, NH3, and OH-.)

5

The student will be able to calculate the [H+] and pH of a system (strong acid, strong base, weak acid, or weak base).

6

The student will be able to calculate the [OH-] and pOH of a system (strong acid, strong base, weak acid, or weak base).

7

The student will be able to predict the relative pH and pOH values for a series of acids and bases.

8

The student will be able to discuss monoprotic and polyprotic (diprotic, triprotic) systems and identify species present.

6

The student will be able to discuss buffer systems and calculate the pH of a buffer system.

7

The student will be able to discuss the autoionization of water.

8

The student will be able to calculate the concentration of a NaOH (aq) solution given titration with KHP data (lab question).

9

The student will be able to design and identify appropriate buffer systems.

10

The student will be able to determine relative pH values of buffer systems.

11

The student will be able to identify the buffer regions on a titration curve.

12

The student will be able to use titration data to determine the concentration or amount of a species.

13

The student will be able to produce a process and identify it as exothermic, endothermic, and is and determine if it is accompanied by an increase or decrease in disorder.

14

The student will be able to predict whether the entropy of systems increase or decrease.

15

The student will be able to predict whether the enthalpy of systems increase or decrease.

16

The student will be able to predict whether systems are spontaneous or not.

17

The student will be able to discuss the effect of temperature on spontaneity and determine the "transitional" temperature.

18

The student will be able to discuss the relative competition or agreement of enthalpy and entropy.

19

The student will be able to consider processes and predict their enthalpy, entropy, and free energy components.

20

The student will be able to calculate changes in enthalpy, entropy, and free energy given thermodynamic data.

21

The student will be able to write Ksp expressions.

22

The student will be able to predict the solubility of salts.

23

The student will be able to discuss and calculate the solubility of an ionic compound.

24

The student will be able to calculate the Ksp for a system.

25

The student will be able to discuss relative Ksp values.

26

The student will be able to determine whether a precipitate (ppt) is formed.