**OFFICIAL** AP Chemistry 2013 Thread

<p>My estimated score via AP Pass is a 102 (barely a 5). Yikes! That is too borderline not to worry. It’s not that big of a deal if I get a 4, but I’d be ecstatic if I got a 5…</p>

<p>Time to start worrying about the Lit Exam… :P</p>

<p>@johns, yes the most points you can get off for sig figs is 1.</p>

<p>@killerskullz, thanks, that helps, I can’t seem to get my projected composite score above 105 (trying to predict on the VERY harsh side), so every point is worth something. But it looks like the MC does have quiet a weighting, good thing it was fairly easy comparatively.</p>

<p>@covertcognomen</p>

<p>Same! What are you planning on doing to prep?? There’s really nothing to study except for the open essay…</p>

<p>btw if somebody also took the AP Psych exam, could you please write up a sample response to the essays? I self-studied and I am not sure about how well I did :&lt;/p>

<p>Are we allowed to discuss MC? If so, could someone tell me the answer (preferrably letter) to number 2 on the MC?</p>

<p>I’m not sure if we can discuss but just in case, look up the answer choices (along with the questions), the correct answer is apparent</p>

<p>For 1a, isn’t there only a one-way arrow since its not at equilibrium?</p>

<p>It technically is an equilibrium because that’s the point of the equilibrium constant but I don’t think they will mind either way, as long as you have the right coefficients and didn’t forget the charges.</p>

<p>(I used the straight arrow)</p>

<p>@randomandweird</p>

<p>Hahaha, I said worry, not prepare :slight_smile: But uhh, probably just going to look over past open essay prompts. Can’t really prepare for the other two essays or the mc…How about you?</p>

<p>@covertcognomen</p>

<p>Yeah, can’t study for other two essays…just gotta get in the english mindset so I don’t write chemistry all over my essays. I’m probably gonna take a practice test before I go to sleep…only the mcq part</p>

<p>And I’m thoroughly going over three books as we speak for the open essay:
Importance of Being Earnest
Metamorphosis
Death of a Salesman</p>

<p>Hbu??</p>

<p>@randomandweird</p>

<p>We’ve studied like 5 books this year, but a few more from previous years. I don’t know if I have the motivation to go study the other books too…</p>

<p>hey i seem to have gotten a different test then most. Some of my frq were about ksp of sulfates, and my final frq asked about Ga and As. Did anyone else get these questions and where can i find the answers to these because college board has not even posted them online.</p>

<p>For 5.a., my two reasons were that 1) the increased temperature causes the particles to move faster and thus collide with the walls of the container, increasing pressure and 2) the increased temperature causes the particles to collide with the walls at a greater frequency (collisions/time, not frequency like the EM radiation wavelength stuff), also increasing pressure.</p>

<p>Are these both valid? Does anyone else remember what they put?</p>

<p>@covertcognomen</p>

<p>Yeah, all the books I mentioned were read this year
I REALLY hope Importance of Being Earnest works with this year’s open essay
I ABSOLUTELY LOVE that play…and Oscar Wilde…as dandy as he is, h is quite intriguing and 20x more interesting to read and analyze than annoying Shakespeare…who’s annoying…deathly irritating…ugh</p>

<p>@orangekid77 I couldn’t figure out two distinct reasons, so I tried to separate into increase collisions THEREFORE, more force exerted on the sides of the container. Those seem to work, because although they are really the same, pressure is created by collision frequency, the force of each collision is negligible, but the way you explained it, breaking it up into two statements was good, I thought several of the questions were badly stated or too vague.</p>

<p>The two reasons for 5a are:</p>

<ol>
<li><p>The particles have greater speed, so they hit the container walls more frequently, increasing the pressure.</p></li>
<li><p>The particles have greater kinetic energy, so they hit the container with greater force, increasing the pressure.</p></li>
</ol>

<p>@orangekid77 and @johns123</p>

<p>This is what I put for 5a…I put that since Temperature is directly proportional to the average kinetic energy of the system and KE=(1/2)mv^2 and the mass of the particles are not changing, the velocity HAS to increase, thus the particles are moving faster and have a greater probability of colliding with themselves and with the sides of the container. I also put that since the volume wasn’t changing, the pressure had to increase to accommodate for the increase in the velocity of the particles.</p>

<p>What do you guys think?</p>