Subject: Chemistry Honors

Knowledge and Skills

The student knows the characteristics of matter and can analyze the relationships between chemical and physical changes and properties.

C.4A differentiate between physical and chemical changes and properties

The student understands the historical development of the Periodic Table and can apply its predictive power.

C.5B identify and explain the properties of chemical families, including alkali metals, alkaline earth metals, halogens, noble gases, and transition metals, using the Periodic Table

The student knows how atoms form ionic, covalent, and metallic bonds.

C.7A name ionic compounds containing main group or transition metals, covalent compounds, acids, and bases using International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC) nomenclature rules

C.7B write the chemical formulas of ionic compounds containing representative elements, transition metals and common polyatomic ions, covalent compounds, and acids and bases

The student can quantify the changes that occur during chemical reactions.

C.8A define and use the concept of a mole

C.8E write and balance chemical equations using the law of conservation of mass

The student understands the principles of ideal gas behavior, kinetic molecular theory, and the conditions that influence the behavior of gases.

C.9A describe and calculate the relations between volume, pressure, number of moles, and temperature for an ideal gas as described by Boyle's law, Charles' law, Avogadro's law, Dalton's law of partial pressure, and the ideal gas law

The student understands and can apply the factors that influence the behavior of solutions.

C.10E distinguish among types of solutions such as electrolytes and nonelectrolytes; unsaturated, saturated, and supersaturated solutions; and strong and weak acids and bases

C.10F investigate factors that influence solid and gas solubilities and rates of dissolution such as temperature, agitation, and surface area