Homework Assignment #1
Here is your first homework assignment.

Some Info...You can either write all the questions by hand, or cut an paste the info into WORD (like you do your global/english reports).

All the information can be found in your text. This of is like a scavenger hunt.
Good Luck!

The rest you can finish from there by using your text!
Name:___________________      Date:___________
Mr. Whitehead         Chemistry

Getting to know your Chemistry textbook

1) At what universities do the
main authors of your textbook,  Dr.  Myers and Dr. Oldham, teach?

2) How many chapters are in the book? What topic is covered in Chapter 10?

3) In what chapter will you learn to name compounds?

4) What are the symbols for arsenic, silver, gold, lead and tungsten?

5) How many
millimeters are in a meter?

6) What important information did Ernest Rutherford discover about the atom?

7) Who invented the
barometer and what is it used to measure?


8) What is an isotope?


9) Define electrolyte.


10) What is a compound?


11) What
3 subatomic particles is an atom made up of?


12) Where would you look in your book if you wanted to review safety symbols? What is the third symbol stand for down the left hand column?


13) What is
stoichiometry?


14)  What is matter?

15) What are the steps in the scientific method?


16) What information does the periodic table on the back page of your text of your text give you besides the element�s names?


17) Who was
Avagadro, & what was his number

18)What is a
mole in chemistry terms?

19)What does it mean if an atom is in the excited state?

20) What are the
three states of matter?
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