Welcome Spring 2013

A thousand mile journey begins with one step - Lao Tzu

Welcome to SCI 101.  I'm Dr. Hinton the instructor of the online and MWF face to face class.  If you have any questions throughout the semester or having problems, please let me know. Contact me either through the Facebook group, email whinton@nsu.edu or call the office at (757) 823-2275.  Leave a message if I'm not in.  
It is extremely difficult to catch up once you fall behind.  Be prepared to set aside time each week (~9 hrs) to work on your assignments and study.  
Let's begin our journey.  

Unit 5 Study Guide

Unit 5:  Chemistry                                Study Guide Questions

• ·            What are groups and periods on the periodic table?
• ·            What is the relationship between valence electrons and chemical groups?
• ·            What is an ion?
• ·            How are chemical formulas written?
• ·            Why do the elements of a group react similarly?
• ·            What are ionic bonds?
• ·            In forming compounds, how many electrons do atoms tend to get in the outer shell?
• ·            What are covalent compounds?
• ·            Which properties change in a chemical reaction?
• ·            How is a chemical equation balanced?
• ·            Which factors affect the rate of a reaction?
• ·            What is organic chemistry?
• ·            What is the difference between organic chemistry and organic food?
• ·            How are compounds represented?
• ·            What is chemistry?
• ·            What is the structure of an atom?
• ·            What composes all matter?
• ·            How do we specify a given atom?
• ·            Why do elements combine to form compounds?
• ·            What defines an element?
• ·            Define atomic number
• ·            Define mass number
• ·            Define isotope
• ·            Define ion
• ·            Define atomic mass
• ·            What is the atomic theory?
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