Course Name: Chemistry 1/Chemistry 1 Honors
Course Number: 2003340/2003350
Total Number of Test Items: 50
SC.912.P.10.1
Differentiate among the various forms of energy and recognize that they can be transformed
from one form to others.
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SC.912.P.12.10
Students will be able to perform calorimetric calculations to determine how much
heat is absorbed or released by a substance.
Students will be able to relate the behavior and kinetic energy of a molecule with
the temperature of the substance.
Students will be able to understand energy and phase transitions using a heating
curve and the relationship between heat and temperature.
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Items may address the relationship between specific heat, mass, temperature, and
the heat of a chemical reaction.
 Items may address the conservation of energy between the system and
surroundings.
 Items may address the energy changes that occur at different points in
a heating curve.
Interpret the behavior of ideal gases in terms of kinetic molecular theory.
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Students will be able to explain the properties of gases and how they vary
under different factors.
Students will calculate the pressure, volume, or number of moles of gas based
on other given values and constants.
Items may address the properties of gases based on the kinetic molecular theory.
Items may address the relationship between the properties, such as pressure,
volume, temperature, and numbers of particles, as explained in the gas laws of
Boyle, Charles, Gay- Lussac, and Avogadro.
Items may address the ideal gas law with the expectation that students can
calculate any unknown variable.
Items may pertain to consistent units.
Items may not address real gasses.
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SC.912.P.8.8
Characterize types of chemical reactions, for example: redox, acid-base, synthesis, and single and
double replacement reactions.
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SC.912.P.8.7
Students will be able to classify and distinguish among the different types of
chemical reactions.
Students will be able predict the products of different chemical reactions.
Items may address single and double replacement reactions, decomposition,
combustion, and synthesis.
Items may not address on identifying any reaction as a REDOX reaction.
Items may address the predicting of products for any of the five chemical
reactions.
Items may address recognizing if a single replacement will occur based on the
activity series for metals and halogens.
Items may not address solubility rules for the double replacement reactions.
Interpret formula representations of molecules and compounds in terms of composition and
structure.
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Students will be able to properly name and write formulas for ionic and covalent
bonds.
Students will be able to explain in terms of electronegativity and valence
electrons how ionic and covalent bonds form.
Students will be able to draw Lewis dot diagrams to show the shared pairs of
simple compounds.
Students will be able to name covalent compounds based off of a Lewis dot
diagram.
Items may address the nomenclature and formulas of ionic and covalent
compounds, including roman numerals for transition metals and the use of
polyatomic ions, but does not include "-ous" or "-ic" terminology for ionic
compounds.
Items may address Lewis dot diagrams and the exceptions to the octet rule.
Items may not address VSEPR theory or shapes.
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SC.912.P.8.5
Relate properties of atoms and their position in the periodic table to the arrangement of their
electrons.
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SC.912.P.8.4
Students will be able to describe how the periodic table is organized.
Students will be able to relate the position of the atom on the periodic table to its
properties and to its arrangement of electrons.
Students will be able to predict properties (periodic trends) of atoms based on
position in the periodic table.
Items may address the organization of the periodic table into groups and periods,
including names of the common groups.
Items may address electronegativity, ionization energy, and atomic radius.
Explore the scientific theory of atoms (also known as atomic theory) by describing the structure
of atoms in terms of protons, neutrons and electrons, and differentiate among these particles in
terms of their mass, electrical charges and locations within the atom.
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Students will be able to describe the structure of atoms and differentiate among
identification, description, location, mass, and electrical charge of subatomic
particles.
Students will be able to describe the differences between isotopes of an
element.
Items may address the historical development of the modern day nucleus.
Items may address the location and amount of neutrons, protons, and electrons
in atoms.
Items may address the isotopes of an element and how they differ.
Items may address atomic orbitals and electron configuration for ground state
atoms up to and including calcium.
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SC.912.P.8.2
Differentiate between physical and chemical properties and physical and chemical changes of
matter.
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SC.912.P.8.11
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Students will be able to differentiate between physical and chemical properties.
Students will be able to differentiate between physical and chemical changes of
matter.
 Students will be able to define and classify elements, compounds, substances,
and mixtures.
 Students will be able to determine appropriate means of separation for
various mixtures (homogeneous and heterogeneous).
 Items may address properties of matter, such as volume, density, conductivity,
malleability, reactivity, freezing/melting/boiling points and how they relate to the
states of matter.
 Items may address the similarities and differences between physical and chemical
changes of matter.
 Items may address homogenous and heterogeneous mixtures.
 Items may address separation methods of mixtures such as distillation, filtration,
crystallization, precipitation, and chromatography.
Relate acidity and basicity to hydronium and hydroxyl ion concentration and pH.
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Students will explain the pH and pOH scale to characterize acid and base
solutions.
Students will be able to classify a substance as a strong /weak acid/base.
Students will recognize the Arrhenius and Bronsted-Lowry definitions for acids
and bases.
Students will be able to identify conjugate acid-base pairs.
Students will calculate pH and pOH calculations from hydronium and hydroxide
concentrations.
Items may include Arrhenius and Bronsted-Lowry definitions of an acid, base, and
conjugate acids and bases (Lewis definitions are not included).
Items may include identifying conjugate acids and bases for a forward chemical
reaction.
Items may include identifying strong acids (HCl, HBr, HI, HNO3, HClO4, H2SO4) and
strong bases (group 1 and 2 hydroxides).
Items may include identifying if a substance is an acid or base from the pH scale.
Items may not include calculations of weak acids or bases.
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SC.912.P.12.12
Explain how various factors, such as concentration, temperature, and presence of a catalyst
affect the rate of a chemical reaction.
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SC.912.P.10.9
Students will explain how factors, such as temperature, pressure, concentration,
surface area, and catalysts, affect the rate of a chemical reaction.
Students will explain the collision theory and the cause and effect between the
factors and the number of collisions in a chemical reaction.
Items may address the relationship of catalysts and activation energy.
Items may not include multi-step reactions or reactions containing
intermediates.
Describe the quantization of energy at the atomic level.
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Students will explain the relationship between energy, frequency,
speed, and wavelength of electromagnetic waves.
Students will be able to explain the exciting of electrons.
Students will be able to relate the losing of energy of an electron to the
production of light.
Items may address the relationships between energy, frequency,
speed, and wavelength.
Items may not address calculations involving speed of light or Planck's constant.
Items may address changes in energy levels and how this results in a change in
energy for the atom.
Items may address how changes in energy results in the production of different
forms of light.
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SC.912.P.10.7
Distinguish between endothermic and exothermic chemical processes.
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Students will be able to identify and explain differences between exothermic
and endothermic changes (physical and chemical).
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Items may address whether phase changes are exothermic (negative change in
heat) or endothermic (positive change in heat).
Items may address a graphical representation (potential energy diagram) of the
energy of reactants and products to determine whether a reaction is endothermic
or exothermic.
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SC.912.P.8.9
Apply the mole concept and the law of conservation of mass to calculate quantities of chemicals
participating in reactions.
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Students will be able to balance chemical equations in order to calculate
quantities of chemicals in reactions.
Students will calculate and convert mass to moles to particles or a combination
for compounds and molecules.
Students will apply stoichiometric calculations to chemical reactions including,
but not limited to aqueous chemical reactions (molarity).
Items may address stoichiometric calculations involving molar mass, Avogadro's
number, and molar ratio as well as molarity for solutions.
Items may address balancing of chemical equations to have the proper ratio
between reactants and products.
Items may address identification of limiting and excess reactants from
stoichiometric calculations and particle diagrams.
Items may address percent yield.
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SC.912.P.12.13
Explain the concept of dynamic equilibrium in terms of reversible processes occurring at the
same rates.
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Students will demonstrate Le'Chatlier's Principle by identifying and explaining
how concentration affects the equilibrium of forward and reverse reactions.
Student will need to determine the direction of shift that occurs from a change
in one of the stated factors.
Items may address factors affecting equilibrium shifts (concentration). Student
does not need to know how temperature or pressure affects equilibrium in
terms of shifting it forward or reverse. Students only need to know how these
factors affect homogenous reactions.
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