Unit Objectives for Chemistry

Unit VI. States of Matter and Gas Laws

 Chapter 9: The States of Matter

        1.       Examine the states of matter as a function of kinetic energies

        a. Identify intermolecular forces as a factor in determining the state of matter (14.13) 

        2.       Relate Kinetic Energy, temperature & heat 

        3.       Define pressure in terms of particle momentum 

        4.       Explain Avogardroís Hypothesis in terms of molar volume 

        5.       Explain how vaporization acts as a ìcooling processî 

        6.       Identify common properties of solid substances

            a. Explain melting points of solids as a function of intermolecular bonding

            b. Identify common unit cells in crystalline structures

            c. Describe allotropes in terms of crystalline structures

            d. Contrast crystalline solids and amorphous solids

        7.       Identify common phase changes

            a. Explain phase changes in terms of internal energies

            b. Relate temperature changes and phase changes in a heat diagram

        8.       Explain why plasmas are considered the 4^th state of matter.

    Chapter 10: The Behavior of Gases

        9.       Describe the four measurements associated with gases

        -          number of particles, volume, temperature, and pressure

         10.   Differentiate between ideal and real gases

         11.   Summarize Daltonís Law of Partial Pressures

         12.   Relate volume and pressure of a gas in terms of Boyleís Law

         13.   Relate volume and temperature of a gas in terms of Charlesí Law

         14.   Relate pressure and temperature of a gas in terms of Gay-Lussacís Law

         15.   Deduce the interrelationship between volume, temperature and pressure

         16.   Construct the Ideal Gas Law in terms of volume, temperature, pressure and number of particles

         17.   Describe Diffusion and Grahamís Law in terms of molecular motion of gases.