Department of Chemistry
and Physics
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Department of Chemistry and Physics |
| Study Guide - Exam 1
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Metric System, Temperature
Systems/ Conversions, Significant Figures, Unit Conversions,
Density, Review of Math,
Operation of Electronic Calculators |
Students should know the following:
a) Matter; States of matter; energy (kinetic and potential)
b) Physical and chemical properties
c) Extensive and intensive properties
d) Chemical and physical changes
e) Mixtures, homogeneous and heterogeneous; substances, elements and compounds
f) Measurement units; standard units; SI units; prefixes
g) Powers of 10; Scientific notation; calculations using scientific notation
h) Significant figures; calculations with significant figures; exact numbers
i) Unit conversions