UNIT F321 REVISION CHECKLIST (OCR AS CHEMISTRY)

MODULE 1: ATOMS AND REACTIONS

1.1 ATOMS

Can you describe the relative charges and relative masses of protons, neutrons and electrons?
Can you describe how mass and charge are distributed in atoms?
Can you say how protons and neutrons decide the atomic (or proton) number and mass (or
nucleon) number of an atom?
If you are given the atomic number and mass number of an atom can you say how many protons,
neutrons and electrons there are in the atom?
If you are given the atomic number, the mass number and the charge on an ion can you deduce
the number of protons, neutrons and electrons in the ion?
Can you explain what isotopes are?
Do you know what isotope is used as the standard to compare relative masses?
Can you define the terms relative isotopic mass and relative atomic mass, based on the 12C
scale?
Can you calculate the relative atomic mass of an element given the relative abundances of its
isotopes ?
Do you know how to use the terms relative molecular mass and relative formula mass correctly,
and can you calculate values from relative atomic masses?

1.2 MOLES AND EQUATIONS

Do you know what is meant by the term amount of substance?

Can you define the term mole?
Do you know what is meant by the term Avogadro constant, NA.
Can you define and use the term molar mass?
Do you know the units for molar mass?
Do you know what the empirical formula of a compound is?
Do you know what the molecular formula of a molecular substance is?
Can you calculate the empirical formula of a compound if you are given its percentage
composition?
Can you calculate the empirical formula of a compound if you are given its composition by mass?
Can you calculate the molecular formula of a compound from its empirical formula and relative
molecular mass?
Can you construct balanced chemical equations for the reactions you have studied, and for other
reactions if you are given the names of the reactants and products?
Can you calculate the quantity of substance in mol if you are given the mass of substance?
Can you calculate the quantity of substance in mol if you are given the volume of a gas?
Can you calculate the quantity of substance in mol if you are given the volume and concentration
of a solution?
Can you work out the ration of moles in a reaction by doing calculations?
Do you understand the terms concentrated and dilute when they refer to the concentration of a
solution?

1.3 ACIDS

Can you say how H+ ions determine what an acid is?

Can you write out the formulae of the common mineral acids: hydrochloric, sulphuric and nitric
acids?
Do you know what types of compounds are bases?

Do you know what an alkali is?

Can you write out the formulae of the common alkalis: sodium hydroxide, potassium hydroxide
and aqueous ammonia?
Do you know what a salt is?
Can you describe the reaction of an acid with a carbonate (CO 32-), a base (O2- or OH-) and an
alkali (OH-(aq)) to form a salt (including equations)?
Do you know what a base does when it reacts as a base? Can you show by equation the
reactions of OH- and NH3 with an acid?
Do you know the meaning of the terms anhydrous, hydrated and water of crystallisation?
Can you calculate the formula of a hydrated salt from given data?
Can you carry out and acid-base titration and carry out calculations

1.4 REDOX

Do you know the rules for assigning oxidation numbers to atoms in elements, compounds and
ions?
Can you describe oxidation and reduction in terms of:
electron transfer
changes in oxidation number
Are you able to use Roman numerals to show the size of an oxidation number of an element when
the name may be ambiguous, eg. nitrate(III) and nitrate(V).
Can you write formulae given oxidation number information?
Do you know how metals form ions, and how the oxidation number changes when that happens?
Do you know how non-metals form ions, and how the oxidation number changes when that
happens?
Can you describe the redox reactions of metals with acids?
Can you understand redox equations and decide which element in the equation has been oxidised
and which reduced using electron transfer or oxidation number change?

MODULE 2: ELECTRONS, BONDING AND STRUCTURES

2.1 ELECTRON STRUCTURES

Can you define the terms first ionisation energy and successive ionisation energies?
Do you know how ionisation energies depend on:
nuclear charge;
electron shielding, and
the distance of the outermost electron from the
nucleus?
Can you use successive ionisation energy data for an element to predict:
the number of electrons in each shell of an atom;
the group of the element?
Do you know how many electrons can fit into each of the first four shells?
Do you know what an orbital is?
Do you know how many electrons can fit into each orbital, and what condition applies to each of
those electrons?
Can you draw diagrams to show the shapes of s and p orbitals?
Can you write electron configurations in spdf notation?
Can you state the number of orbitals making up s-, p- and d- sub-shells?
Can you state the number of electrons that occupy s-, p- and d-subshells?
Do you know how to show the relative energies of s-, p- and d-orbitals for shells 1,2 and 3 and the
4s and 4p orbitals?
Can you write electron configurations, if you are given the atomic number, for all the atoms up to
Z=36?

Can you write the electron configurations, if you are given the atomic number and ionic charge, for
ions in the s and p blocks up to Z=36?
Can you classify elements into s, p and d blocks.

2.2 BONDING AND STRUCTURE

Can you say what ionic bonding is and how it comes about?
Can you draw dot and cross diagrams to describe ionic bonding?
Are you able to predict the charge an ion will have from the elements position in the Periodic
Table?
Can you state the formulae of the following ions: nitrate(V), carbonate, sulphate(VI) and
ammonium?
Can you say what a covalent bond is?
Are you able to draw dot and cross diagrams to show the single covalent bonds in these
molecules: H2, Cl2, HCl, H2O, NH3, CH4, BF3, and SF6?
Are you able to draw dot and cross diagrams to show the multiple covalent bonds in these
molecules:O2, N2 and CO2?
Can you draw dot and cross diagrams to show dative covalent (or co-ordinate) bonding as in
NH4+?
Could you use the ideas from all of the above ions and molecules to draw diagrams for other
similar species?
Do you know the rules for deciding the shapes of simple molecules?
Do you know the different effects exercised by lone pairs and bonded pairs?
Can you explain the shapes and bond angles in ions and molecules with up to 6 pairs of electrons
surrounding a central atom including these ones: BF3, CH4 and NH4+, SF6, NH3, H2O, CO2?
Can you predict the shapes of, and bond angles in molecules and ions similar to those above?
Can you explain what electronegativity is?
Can you explain how a permanent dipole can arise across a covalent bond?
Can you describe the these types of intermolecular bonding:
permanent dipole-permanent dipole attractions (eg. in

HCl)
induced dipoles (van der Waals forces) (eg. in the Noble
gases)
Are you able to describe hydrogen bonding between molecules with OH and NH2 groups as in
H2O and NH3 and other molecules?
Do you know what the anomalous properties of H2O are, and can you explain how they come
about (eg. density of ice compared to water; the relatively high freezing point and boiling point of
water)
Can you describe metallic bonding, including drawing a diagram to represent metallic bonding?
Can you describe giant ionic lattice structures eg. in NaCl.
Can you describe giant covalent lattices eg. in diamond and graphite?
Can you describe metal structures as giant metallic lattices?
Can you describe the structure of solid iodine and ice as simple molecular lattices?
Do you know the properties associated with each type of structure mentioned above, including
melting points, boiling points, electrical conductivity and solubility?
Can you explain why these properties are the way they are in terms of types of particles and types
of bonding between the particles?
Can you work out the kind of structure and bonding in a substance from details of its physical
properties?
MODULE 3 THE PERIODIC TABLE
3.1 PERIODICITY

Do you know what factor is used to decide the order of the elements in the Periodic Table?

Do you know the name of the horizontal rows in the Periodic Table?
Do you know the name of the vertical columns in the Periodic Table?
Can you describe how physical and chemical properties vary across the horizontal rows?
Can you describe how physical and chemical properties vary down the vertical columns?
Do you know what is meant by the term periodicity?
Can you state why elements are placed into the same vertical groups?
Do you know why elements in the same vertical group have similar chemical properties?
Do you know what is meant by the term first ionisation energy?
Can you describe generally how the first ionisation energy varies across a horizontal period?
Can you explain this trend?
Can you describe how first ionisation energy varies down a vertical group?
Can you explain why the values vary in this way?
Can you show and describe how electron configurations vary across Periods 2 and 3?
Can you describe the way in which atomic radii change across Periods 2 and 3?
Can you explain this variation?
Can you describe how melting points and boiling points vary across Periods 2 and 3?
Are you able to explain this variation by discussing the structure and bonding in the elements?
If you are given data about electron configurations, atomic radii, first ionisation energies, melting
points and boiling points, can you use them to demonstrate periodicity?

3.2 GROUP 2

Can you write equations for the reactions of group 2 elements with oxygen?
Can you describe what you would see when these elements react with oxygen?
Can you write equations for the reactions of group 2 elements with water?
Can you describe the reactions of Group 2 elements with water?
Can you state the trend in reactivity of the Group 2 elements on moving down the group?
Can you explain why the trend is as it is?
Can you write equations for the reaction of water with the oxides of Group 2 elements?
Can you state the approximate pH of any solution formed by these reactions?
Can you write equations for the thermal decomposition of the carbonates of the group 2
elements?
Can you state the trend in the ease with which these carbonates decompose?
Can you use your knowledge of Group 2 to make predictions about the elements and their
compounds?
Do you know how Ca(OH)2 is used in agriculture?
Can you explain why it is used in this way?
Do you know how Mg(OH)2 is used as a medical remedy?
Can you explain why it is used in this way?

3.3 GROUP 7

Do you know the trend in boiling points moving down Group 7?

Can you explain this trend in terms of van der Walls forces?
Can you write ionic equations for the redox reactions between halogens and the halides?
Do you know why an organic solvent is used with these redox reactions?
Can you state the trend in reactivity of the Group 7 elements moving down the group?
Can you explain why the trend is like that?
Do you know what disproportionation is?
Can you write an equation for the reaction between chlorine and water?
Can you use oxidation numbers to show that this is a redox reaction and that disproportionation
has occurred?

Can you write an equation for the reaction of chlorine with cold, dilute sodium hydroxide?
Do you know why that reaction is industrially important?
Can you use oxidation numbers to show that this is a redox reaction and that disproportionation
has occurred?
Can you use your knowledge of Group 7 to make predictions about the elements and their
compounds?
Do you understand the benefits and the risks of using chlorine to sterilise water?
Can you describe what happens when silver nitrate solution is added to solutions of Cl-, Br- and I?
Can you describe what happens when aqueous ammonia is added to the results of those
reactions?
Can you write ionic equations for those reactions?
can you explain how the results of those reactions are used to identify the different halide ions?