AP® Chemistry Crash Course, Book + Online

Get a Higher Score in Less Time

Adrian Dingle, Derrick C. Wood

• Publisher: Research & Education Association
• Year: 2020
• Print ISBN: 9780738612638
• eBook ISBN: 9780738689227
• Edition: 3
• Topic: Studienhilfen
• Subtopic: Chemie

AP®Chemistry Crash Course®

A Higher Score in Less Time!

At REA, we invented the quick-review study guide for AP® exams. A decade later, REA's Crash Course® remains the top choice for AP® students who want to make the most of their study time and earn a high score.

Here's why more AP® teachers and students turn to REA's AP®Chemistry Crash Course®

Targeted Review - Study Only What You Need to Know. Our Crash Course® is based on an in-depth analysis of the latestAP® Chemistry course and exam description and sample AP® test questions released by the College Board. It covers only the information tested on the exam, so you can make the most of your valuable study time.

Expert Test-taking Strategies and Advice. Written by Adrian Dingle, an award-winning AP® Chemistry teacher and test development expert, the book gives you the topics and critical context that will matter most on exam day. Crash Course® relies on the author's extensive analysis of the test's structure and content. By following his advice, you can boost your score.

Practice questions – a mini-test in the book, a full-length exam online. Are you ready for your exam? Try our focused practice set inside the book. Then go online to take our full-length practice exam.You'll get the benefits of timed testing, detailed answers, and automatic scoring that pinpoints your performance based on the official AP® exam topics – so you'll be confident on test day.

Whether you're cramming for the exam or looking to recap and reinforce your teacher's lessons, Crash Course® is the study guide every AP® student needs.

About the Author

Adrian Dingle is a chemistry educator and author, with close to three decades of experience teaching in the United States and the United Kingdom. He is the creator of the award-winning chemistry website, www.adriandingleschemistrypages.com and taught AP® Chemistry at the prestigious Westminster School in Atlanta, GA for 18 years. The focus of Mr. Dingle's teaching career has been on preparing students for standardized tests: AP® and SAT® tests in the United States, GCSE's and A levels in the United Kingdom, and International Baccalaureate in both countries. He holds a B.Sc. (Hons.) Chemistry and a Postgraduate Certificate in Education, both from the University of Exeter in England. In addition to writing this Crash Course, Mr. Dingle has written The Periodic Table: Elements With Style, How To Make A Universe With 92 Ingredients, and SATChemistry Crash Course. He is the 2011 winner of the School Library Association of the UK's Information Book Award, and, in 2012, was honored with the prestigious literary prize Wissenschaftsbuch des Jahre, sponsored by the Austrian Ministry of Science and Research.

PART I

INTRODUCTION

Chapter 1

Keys for Success on the AP® Chemistry Exam

The textbooks typically used in college-level general chemistry courses contain thousands of facts and concepts packed into (at least) several hundred pages. If the AP® Chemistry exam were to test all of that information, earning a good score on the exam would be a daunting task.

Studying for the AP® Chemistry exam requires you to be a pragmatic learner who can distinguish the important (tested) material from the material that is merely interesting to know. This Crash Course will help you to become more focused and efficient in your exam prep. Your chances of scoring well on the exam will be enhanced by pinpointing what is absolutely necessary and ignoring the “fluff.” The keys to success include the following:

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The Content and Format of the AP® Chemistry Exam

The AP® Chemistry course and exam are based on the content of an introductory chemistry course taught at the college level. The topics taught in AP® class reflect major topics found in a number of college-level textbooks. The course also includes some inquiry-based laboratory situations, application of what the College Board calls scientific practices, and chemical calculations.

To succeed in the course, students must master the basic concepts of chemistry and apply these concepts to various situations in a traditional test format.

In May 2019, the College Board reorganized the AP® Chemistry course and exam framework around four “big ideas” and nine units.

The content of the course and exam is now based on the following four “big ideas”:

1.Big Idea 1: Scale, Proportion, and Quantity (SPQ)

Quantities in chemistry are expressed at both the macroscopic and atomic scale. Explanations, predictions, and other forms of argumentation in chemistry require that you understand the meaning of these quantities, as well as the relationship between quantities at the same scale and across scales.

2.Big Idea 2: Structure and Properties (SAP)

Properties of substances observable at the macroscopic scale emerge from the structures of atoms and molecules and the interactions between them. Chemical reasoning moves in both directions across these scales. Properties are predicted from known aspects of the structures and interactions at the atomic scale. Observed properties are used to infer aspects of the structures and interactions.

3.Big Idea 3: Transformations (TRA)

At its heart, chemistry is about the rearrangement of matter. Understanding the details of these transformations requires reasoning at many levels as you must quantify what is occurring both macroscopically and at the atomic level during the process. This reasoning can be as simple as monitoring amounts of products made, or as complex as visualizing the intermolecular forces among the species in a mixture. The rate of a transformation is also of interest, as particles must move and collide to initiate reaction events.

4.Big Idea 4: Energy (ENE)

Energy has two important roles in characterizing and controlling chemical systems. The first involves accounting for the distribution of energy among the components of a system and the ways that heat exchanges, chemical reactions, and phase transitions redistribute this energy. The second looks at the enthalpic and entropic driving forces for a chemical process. These are closely related to the dynamic equilibria present in many chemical systems and the ways in which changes in experimental conditions alter the positions of these equilibria.

The AP® Chemistry course content is organized into the following nine units. This unit structure provides one possible sequence for teaching the course.

Unit 1: Atomic Structure and Properties

Unit 2: Molec...

Table of contents

• Cover
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Contents
• About Our Book
• About Our Author
• Part I: Introduction
• Part II: Content Review
• Part III: AP® Chemistry Lab Work
• Part IV: Test-Taking Strategies and Practice Questions
• Part V: Appendix
• Practice Exam