Chemistry 1 Final Exam Topic List 2026

Exam Overview

• Date: May 26, 2026 (PM).
• Resources: One-sided standard size $3 \times 5$ note card allowed.

Stoichiometry

• Stoichiometry Fundamentals: Converting between reactants/products in balanced chemical reactions.
• Limiting Reactant: Identifying the limiting reactant and calculating total product yield.

Periodic Trends & Light

• Periodic Trends: Directionality and underlying causes for atomic size, ionization energy, and electronegativity.
• Light Calculations: Solving for wavelength ($\lambda$), frequency ($f$), and Energy ($E$) using provided equations.
• Units: Conversion between nanometers ($nm$) and meters ($m$).

Electron Configuration

• Written Configurations: Writing full electron configurations for any periodic table element.
• Orbital Diagrams: Drawing configurations using boxes and arrows notation.

Lewis Structures & Molecular Geometry

• Compounds: Identifying differences and properties of ionic vs. covalent compounds.
• Lewis Structures: Drawing structures including octet rule exceptions.
• Polarity: Classifying molecules based on polar vs. nonpolar bond distributions.
• VSEPR: Predicting molecule geometry names and bond angles.

Gas Laws

• Equations: Using Charles, Boyle's, Gay-Lussac's, Ideal, and Combined Gas Laws.
• Variable Relations: Identifying direct and indirect relationships between pressure ($P$), volume ($V$), and temperature ($T$).

Intermolecular Forces

• Classification: Identifying types of intermolecular forces (IMF) within specific molecules.
• Physical Properties: Relative strength of IMFs in determining boiling and melting points.

Solutions

• Concentrations: Solving Molarity ($mol\,dm^{-3}$) and Dilution problems.
• Net Ionic Equations: Writing equations and predicting precipitates.
• Solution Stoichiometry: Stoichiometric calculations involving aqueous reactants.

Thermochemistry

• Standard Equations: Heat of formation, Hess's law, $-q_{\text{lost}} = q_{\text{gained}}$, and $q = mc\Delta T$.
• Key Terminology: System vs. surroundings, exothermic, endothermic, and enthalpy.

Acids & Bases

• Species Identification: Labeling acids, bases, conjugate acids, and conjugate bases.
• Product Prediction: Predicting outcomes for acid-base reactions.
• pH Scale: Calculating $pH$, $pOH$, $[H^+]$, and $[OH^-]$.