January 2012 | Chemistry

<p>Okay, I had a panic moment where I thought it was ionic.
My teacher told me to remember atomic radii like a snowman lol. Increases downward, and then when you push the snowman over it decreases from left to right XD</p>

<p>Oh geez, 1-2 wrong is nothing. I completely forgot to study those colors and literally flipped when I saw those two questions. Then I proceeded to change my right answers (blue, purple) to wrong answers (green, red). I still kick myself when I think about it. :P</p>

<p>I can’t think of anymore T/F questions D: How do you remember so much from the test, djumper? XD My mind goes blank right after I walk out of the test room.</p>

<p>Here’s the question I struggled the most with, completely guessed on, got right. :D</p>

<p>… NH4Cl + … Ca(OH)2 --></p>

<p>Which of the following could be products?</p>

<p>I. NH3
II. H2O
III. Ca</p>

<p>The answer was I and II. The products are NH3, H2O, and CaCl2.</p>

<p>djumper, wooo that means I got that, too! I was pretty sure Ca wasn’t a product, but I was trying to decide if NH3 was.</p>

<p>Hmm… I remember there was one balancing type of equation with Mg and O2. I don’t remember what the question was asking for though.</p>

<p>I dunno how I remember so much, it just comes to me I guess.</p>

<p>I also love that snowman analogy, I’ll be sure to remember that. :)</p>

<p>Now for another question!</p>

<p>PCl has what geometric structure- trigonal pyramidal.</p>

<p>Yes, the Mg and O2 one was a T/F type question. It was very long, and because the whole question was difficult to remember, I didn’t want to post it here just yet. But you just brought it up, so here goes nothing. :)</p>

<p>It was TTCE, that much I know.</p>

<p>The equation, which wasn’t there by the way, is 2 Mg + O2 → 2MgO.</p>

<p>Statement 1 said, "2.4 grams of Mg and 1.6 grams of oxygen react to form 4 grams of MgO.</p>

<p>Statement 2 said, "2.4 grams of Mg and 1.6 grams of oxygen add up to 4.</p>

<p>It was something like that, but I’m pretty sure it was TTCE.</p>

<p>Another I, II, III type question coming your way! :)</p>

<p>Which of the following must be the same on both sides of an equation?</p>

<p>I. Volume</p>

<p>II. Density</p>

<p>III. Mass</p>

<p>The answer is III only. There are two laws, the conservation of mass and conservation of energy. Volume and density are not related to these. Although I did have a bit of trouble not putting I and III down. Good thing it wasn’t a choice! :)</p>

<p>Oh, I remember that. I thought it was 2.4g Mg and 3.2g O2?</p>

<p>Yep, I put III too! It took me a while because I was nervous putting down only Mass, so I wrote out an equation to see if density/volume were conserved too, but they weren’t.</p>

<p>Gotta throw two more out there.</p>

<p>What determines the chemical properties of an element- electron configuration</p>

<p>When volume stays constant, which graph correctly shows the relationship of temperature to pressure- it’s this one: <a href=“http://www.sciences-faciles.com/membres/mousme5/images/PressureTemperatureGraph.png[/url]”>http://www.sciences-faciles.com/membres/mousme5/images/PressureTemperatureGraph.png&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>I’ve been following this the whole time… You guys are amazing at remembering.</p>

<p>What was the fusion one? I got confused b/w fission and fusion</p>

<p>Yeah, it might have been 2.4 and 3.2, but since you have go by the limiting reagent, you could only use 2.4 and 1.6, and then it was 2.4 and 1.6 in the second statement. The point is, the answer was (most likely) TTCE.</p>

<p>djumper- Oh right, limiting reagent. That must have been the one TTCE I missed then. I balanced it and everything, but for some reason I marked it as wrong because they didn’t mention the leftover O2. Must have been a brain fart haha.</p>

<p>Soccer4kk- Right, fission/fusion. I think the two choices that looked like nuclear reactions were B and E? I forget which was which though.</p>

<p>Soccer4kk- question was which was a fusion reaction? Answer-E</p>

<p>BLN823, I put E also, but I don’t remember the equations.
I think the B equation had Alpha decay?</p>

<p>Hi guys, yeah for the nucleonics equation, the fusion was the one with H+H=HE… What did you guys used to study… I ran out of time and skipped all of the stochiometry Qs</p>

<p>I used both Barron’s and Princeton and I thought it was all pretty easy except for the nucleonics which I didn’t study… I had 20 extra minutes</p>

<p>Damnn… I wish I had that much time lol… How did you study… I studied for 3 weeks nd took like 3 practice exams… I dnt time myself though…</p>

<p>@Nasar, this is my second time taking the Chem SAT. The first time I also skipped a few Stoichiometry questions. This time I was intent on not making the same mistake, so I took 7 practice tests from Sparknotes and Barron’s (I didn’t have time to get Princeton’s and I regret that a bit…).</p>

<p>I used to intensely hate Stoichiometry, but after taking a lot of practice tests, you realize they aren’t terrible. I think the best way is to practice them :)</p>

<p>I only had about 3 weeks too, and I basically took my 7 practices tests the Thursday and Friday before (like three days ago lol). I wish I had more time to study, I wouldn’t have made so many dumb errors.</p>

<p>@Soccer4kk, wow 20 minutes. I had around 10 tops maybe.</p>

<p>Thanks for the advice, I think imma have to take it again in may again</p>

<p>I remember a question that asked something like this:
To see the heat of fusion what instruments will be useful
I. Thermometer
Ii. Calorimeter
III. Barometer
IV. Balance</p>

<p>I got I,Ii,IV</p>