Chemistry Final Assignment
How can you differentiate between redox reactions and other reactions, using either half-reactions and/or
oxidation numbers?
What are the relative strengths of various oxidizing and reducing agents and how do they compare?
Based on standard reduction potentials, predict the spontaneity of a redox reaction.
What are the oxidizing agent, reducing agents and electron transfer in some of the more common everyday redox
reactions (eg. Cellular respiration, photosynthesis, corrosion)?
How do voltaic and electrolytic cells compare?
What are the half-reaction equations that occur at each electrode in a given electrochemical cell?
How are the standard cell potentials for electrochemical cells calculated?
Using standard cell potential and the relative positions of half-reaction equations on a standard reduction potential
table, is the redox reaction spontaneous or nonspontaneous?
Using Faraday’s law and stoichiometry, what is the mass, amount, current and/or time in a single voltaic and
electrolytic cell?
Part C – Chemical changes in organic compounds
Using the IUPAC rules, how do you name saturated and unsaturated aliphatic and aromatic carbon compounds?
What is a structural isomer?
Using the IUPAC rules, what are the correct formulas for both saturated and unsaturated aliphatic and aromatic
carbon compounds?
How do the properties of structural isomers differ?
How do the boiling points and how does the solubility compare between various organic compounds (including
aliphatics, aromatics, alcohols and carboxylic acids)?
What are some important organic compounds used in our daily lives?
What is a simple addition reaction?
What is a substitution reaction?
What is an elimination reaction?
What is an esterification reaction?
Part D – Chemical Equilibrium in Acid-Base Systems
What is the criteria needed for a chemical system to be in equilibrium?
What is Le Chatelier’s principle?
How do you predict the extent of a chemical reaction and write corresponding equilibrium-law expressions?
