Peter J. Mikulecky, Michelle Rose Gilman, Kate Brutlag

AP Chemistry For Dummies (eBook, PDF)

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Produktbeschreibung

A practical and hands-on guide for learning the practical science of AP chemistry and preparing for the AP chem exam Gearing up for the AP Chemistry exam?AP Chemistry For Dummiesis packed with all the resources and help you need to do your very best. Focused on the chemistry concepts and problems the College Board wants you to know, this AP Chemistry study guide gives you winning test-taking tips, multiple-choice strategies, and topic guidelines, as well as great advice on optimizing your study time and hitting the top of your game on test day. This user-friendly guide helps you prepare without perspiration by developing a pre-test plan, organizing your study time, and getting the most out or your AP course. You'll get help understanding atomic structure and bonding, grasping atomic geometry, understanding how colliding particles produce states, and so much more. To provide students with hands-on experience, AP chemistry courses include extensive labwork as part of the standard curriculum. This is why the book dedicates a chapter to providing a brief review of common laboratory equipment and techniques and another to a complete survey of recommended AP chemistry experiments. Two full-length practice exams help you build your confidence, get comfortable with test formats, identify your strengths and weaknesses, and focus your studies. You'll discover how to * Create and follow a pretest plan * Understand everything youmustknow about the exam * Develop a multiple-choice strategy * Figure out displacement, combustion, and acid-base reactions * Get familiar with stoichiometry * Describe patterns and predict properties * Get a handle on organic chemistry nomenclature * Know your way around laboratory concepts, tasks, equipment, and safety * Analyze laboratory data * Use practice exams to maximize your score Additionally, you'll have a chance to brush up on the math skills that will help you on the exam, learn the critical types of chemistry problems, and become familiar with the annoying exceptions to chemistry rules. Get your own copy of AP Chemistry For Dummiesto build your confidence and test-taking know-how, so you can ace that exam!

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
• Seitenzahl: 416
• Erscheinungstermin: 14. November 2008
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780470451434
• Artikelnr.: 38196854

Autorenporträt

Peter J. Mikulecky, PhD and Kate Brutlag teach Math and Science at Fusion Learning Center/Fusion Academy in Solana Beach, CA. Michelle Rose Gilman is the Founder of Fusion Learning Center. Members of this team have authored AP Biology For Dummies, ACT For Dummies, Pre-Calculus For Dummies, Chemistry Workbook For Dummies and GRE For Dummies.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction.

Part I: Thriving Inside the Test Tube: How to Prepare for theExam.

Chapter 1: Knowing What You're Up Against: The APChemistry Exam.

Chapter 2: Preparing Yourself for the Exam.

Part II: Building Matter from the Ground Up: Atoms andBonding.

Chapter 3: Looking Under the Atomic Hood: Atomic Structure.

Chapter 4: Answering Questions about Atomic Structure.

Chapter 5: Working and Playing Together: Bonding.

Chapter 6: Answering Questions on Bonding.

Chapter 7: Doing Atomic Geometry: Molecular Shapes.

Chapter 8: Answering Questions on Molecular Shapes.

Part III: Colliding Particles to Produce States.

Chapter 9: Putting a Finger to the Wind: Gases.

Chapter 10: Answering Questions on Gases.

Chapter 11: Condensing Particles: Solids, Liquids, andSolutions.

Chapter 12: Answering Questions on Solids, Liquids, andSolutions.

Part IV: Transforming Matter in Reactions.

Chapter 13: Reacting by the Numbers: Reactions andStoichiometry.

Chapter 14: Answering Questions on Reactions andStoichiometry.

Chapter 15: Going Nowhere: Equilibrium.

Chapter 16: Answering Questions on Equilibrium.

Chapter 17: Giving and Taking in Solution: Acids and Bases.

Chapter 18: Answering Questions on Acids and Bases.

Chapter 19: Transferring Charge: Oxidation-Reduction.

Chapter 20: Answering Questions on Oxidation-Reduction.

Chapter 21: Knowing Speed from Spontaneity: Kinetics andThermodynamics.

Chapter 22: Answering Questions on Kinetics andThermodynamics.

Part V: Describing Patterns and PredictingProperties.

Chapter 23: Knowing Chemistry When You See It: DescriptiveChemistry.

Chapter 24: Answering Questions on Descriptive Chemistry.

Chapter 25: Living with Carbon: Organic Chemistry.

Chapter 26: Answering Questions on Organic Chemistry.

Part VI: Getting Wet and Dirty: Labs.

Chapter 27: Knowing Your Way around the Lab: Equipment andProcedures.

Chapter 28: Taking the Tour: Recommended AP Experiments.

Part VII: Measuring Yields: Practice Tests.

Chapter 29: Practice Test One.

Chapter 30: Practice Test Two.

Part VIII: The Part of Tens.

Chapter 31: Ten Math Skills to Bring with You to the Exam.

Chapter 32: Ten Critical Types of Chemistry Problems.

Chapter 33: Ten Annoying Exceptions to Chemistry Rules.

Index.