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Topic 2 Learning Objectives

Be able to:

Define, compare and contrast, classify, differentiate, put in order, predict using, identify correct and incorrect examples of, identify correct and incorrect interpretations of, identify correct and incorrect applications of…the following terms: 

Dalton’s atomic theory
Democritus
“Hard Sphere” model
“Plum Pudding” model
Thomson
Millikan
“Solar System” model
Rutherford
gold foil experiment
Chadwick
Bohr model
Bohr
Quantum mechanical model
Schroedinger
de Broglie
Wave/Particle Duality
Heisenberg
Uncertainty Principle
electron
proton
neutron
ion
atomic number
mass number
isotope
nuclide
nuclide symbol
atomic mass unit
percent abundance
fractional abundance
atomic mass
Doebereiner
triads
Newlands
Law of Octaves
Mendeleev
Moseley
modern periodic table
periodic law
period
group
alkali metals
alkaline earth metals
chalcogens
halogens
noble gases
representative elements
transition elements
transition metals
inner transition metals
metal
nonmetal
metalloid
luster
conductor
malleable
ductile
molecule
molecular formula
structural formula
ion
monoatomic
polyatomic
anion
cation
formula unit
oxyanion
binary compound
binary acid
oxyacid
hydrate
chemical equation
reactant
product
subscript
coefficient
state of a substance 

State the seven components of Dalton’s atomic theory

Know that atomic theory explains the three basic laws of chemistry

Give the history of the development of our modern understanding of the structure of the atom, including the sequence, the key models, the key experiments, and the key scientists and the contribution of each one

Describe our modern understanding of the structure of the atom in terms of the three key subatomic particles

Compare and contrast element, isotope, and ion

Compare and contrast atomic number, mass number, and atomic mass

Be able to write nuclide symbols

Be able to analyze nuclide symbols

Give the history of the development of our modern scale of atomic masses, including the sequence and the key scientists

Be able to calculate atomic masses using fractional abundance

Be able to calculate atomic masses using percent

Give the history of the development of our modern periodic table, including the sequence and the key scientists with particular emphasis on Mendeleev and his contributions

Describe the organization of the modern periodic table including the important parts and regions of the periodic table
            periods and groups
            group names
                        alkali metals
                        alkaline earth metals
                        chalcogens
                        halogens
                        noble gases
            representative elements and transition elements
            transition metals and inner transition metals
            metals, nonmetals, and metalloids

Be able to categorize ions by the number and kinds of atoms that make them up, and by their charge

Be able to predict the charge on monoatomic ions

Be able to name an ion from its formula

Be able to write the formula for an ion from its name

Be able to name an ionic compound from its formula

Be able to write the formula for an ionic compound from its name

Be able to name a binary molecular compound from its formula

Be able to write the formula for a molecular compound from its name

Be able to name an acid from its formula

Be able to write the formula of an acid from its name

Be able to name a hydrated salt from its formula

Be able to write the formula of a hydrated salt from its name

Be able to write a chemical equation from a word description, including state and reaction conditions

Be able to balance a chemical equation