Names (Ap Chem)

<p>Do we have to know names for the AP Chem exam?</p>

<p>Names as in nomenclature, or names as in famous Chemists in history?</p>

<p>For both, yes, but for the latter, some Chemists are more important than others. (Dalton, Thompson, Rutherford, Bohr, Schrodinger, Einstein, Heisenburg, MAYBE De Broglie, and maybe some more that I can't remember off the top of my head right now)</p>

<p>I think you also need to know about Planck, Democritus, and Millikan.</p>

<p>wxmann: I mean famous Chemists. Sorry for the ambiguity! haa
Thank you both!
I was just wondering if it was of importance.</p>

<p>I dont think its that important: There are no "Which of the following scientists did blah blah blah" questions; in fact, I dont think a single scientists' name is mentioned on the test.</p>

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I remember seeing a question about a guy in either the AP Exam or SAT II. At any rate, my AP Chem teacher did tell our class to know the names.</p>

<p>They generally don't ask directly about the names, but they may ask you about their work. For example, a 1989 MC question asked about the conclusion's drawn from Thomson's CRT experiment, a 1999 question asked about the correct interpretation of Rutherford's gold foil experiment, and the 1994 test asked a couple of MC questions that required you to match the Heisenberg uncertainty principle, Hund's rule, and the Pauli exclusion principle to their meaning.</p>