Self-Assessment Test

Following are some examples of common concepts in high school chemistry that you should be familiar with:

  1. The names and symbols of the first twenty elements in the periodic table plus a similar number of other common elements and of ions;

  2. The common valences of the above elements and the periodic nature of these valences;

  3. The concepts of the nuclear atom, atomic number, and atomic weight;

  4. Formulae and nomenclature of some simple molecules and ions;

  5. Chemical equations and their use in calculations relating to the reactants;

  6. Calculations involving concentrations of solutions, amounts of material, and the units used;

  7. The concept of "ideal" behaviour in gases;

  8. The concept of acids, bases, and salts;

  9. Use of units, especially SI units;

  10. Mathematical operations appropriate to elementary chemical calculations;

  11. Some simple experimental laboratory techniques.