AP Chemistry For Dummies

A practical and hands-on guide for learning the practical science of AP chemistry and preparing for the AP chem examGearing up for the AP Chemistry exam?AP Chemistry For Dummiesis packed with all the resources and help you need to do your very best. Focused on the chemistry concepts and problems the College Board wants you to know, this AP Chemistry study guide gives you winning test-taking tips, multiple-choice strategies, and topic guidelines, as well as great advice on optimizing your study time and hitting the top of your game on test day.This user-friendly guide helps you prepare without perspiration by developing a pre-test plan, organizing your study time, and getting the most out or your AP course. You'll get help understanding atomic structure and bonding, grasping atomic geometry, understanding how colliding particles produce states, and so much more.To provide students with hands-on experience, AP chemistry courses include extensive labwork as part of the standard curriculum. This is why the book dedicates a chapter to providing a brief review of common laboratory equipment and techniques and another to a complete survey of recommended AP chemistry experiments. Two full-length practice exams help you build your confidence, get comfortable with test formats, identify your strengths and weaknesses, and focus your studies.You'll discover how to* Create and follow a pretest plan* Understand everything youmustknow about the exam* Develop a multiple-choice strategy* Figure out displacement, combustion, and acid-base reactions* Get familiar with stoichiometry* Describe patterns and predict properties* Get a handle on organic chemistry nomenclature* Know your way around laboratory concepts, tasks, equipment, and safety* Analyze laboratory data* Use practice exams to maximize your scoreAdditionally, you'll have a chance to brush up on the math skills that will help you on the exam, learn the critical types of chemistry problems, and become familiar with the annoying exceptions to chemistry rules. Get your own copy of AP Chemistry For Dummiesto build your confidence and test-taking know-how, so you can ace that exam!

Introduction 1Part I: Thriving Inside the Test Tube: How to Prepare for the Exam 5Chapter 1: Knowing What You're Up Against: The AP Chemistry Exam 7Chapter 2: Preparing Yourself for the Exam 15Part II: Building Matter from the Ground Up: Atoms and Bonding 21Chapter 3: Looking Under the Atomic Hood: Atomic Structure 23Chapter 4: Answering Questions about Atomic Structure 41Chapter 5: Working and Playing Together: Bonding 47Chapter 6: Answering Questions on Bonding 59Chapter 7: Doing Atomic Geometry: Molecular Shapes 63Chapter 8: Answering Questions on Molecular Shapes 75Part III: Colliding Particles to Produce States 81Chapter 9: Putting a Finger to the Wind: Gases 83Chapter 10: Answering Questions on Gases 91Chapter 11: Condensing Particles: Solids, Liquids, and Solutions 97Chapter 12: Answering Questions on Solids, Liquids, and Solutions 115Part IV: Transforming Matter in Reactions 127Chapter 13: Reacting by the Numbers: Reactions and Stoichiometry 129Chapter 14: Answering Questions on Reactions and Stoichiometry 143Chapter 15: Going Nowhere: Equilibrium 153Chapter 16: Answering Questions on Equilibrium 161Chapter 17: Giving and Taking in Solution: Acids and Bases 167Chapter 18: Answering Questions on Acids and Bases 177Chapter 19: Transferring Charge: Oxidation-Reduction 183Chapter 20: Answering Questions on Oxidation-Reduction 197Chapter 21: Knowing Speed from Spontaneity: Kinetics and Thermodynamics 207Chapter 22: Answering Questions on Kinetics and Thermodynamics 223Part V: Describing Patterns and Predicting Properties 233Chapter 23: Knowing Chemistry When You See It: Descriptive Chemistry 235Chapter 24: Answering Questions on Descriptive Chemistry 243Chapter 25: Living with Carbon: Organic Chemistry 251Chapter 26: Answering Questions on Organic Chemistry 267Part VI: Getting Wet and Dirty: Labs 271Chapter 27: Knowing Your Way around the Lab: Equipment and Procedures 273Chapter 28: Taking the Tour: Recommended AP Experiments 281Part VII: Measuring Yields: Practice Tests 299Chapter 29: Practice Test One 301Chapter 30: Practice Test Two 323Part VIII: The Part of Tens 349Chapter 31: Ten Math Skills to Bring with You to the Exam 351Chapter 32: Ten Critical Types of Chemistry Problems 357Chapter 33: Ten Annoying Exceptions to Chemistry Rules 365Index 371