If it's on the SAT Chemistry Subject Test, it's in this book. Cracking the SAT Chemistry Subject Test, 2011-2012 Edition brings you:
Practical information on the what, when, where, and how of the SAT Chemistry Subject Test
Review of all essential content from chemical reactions to kinetics to relectron configurations
Tons of sample problems and drills
Helpful lists of key lab equipment and cheat sheet of important equations
Planning and organization tips to get you all the way to test day!
Cracking the SAT Chemistry Subject Test, 2011-2012 Edition also includes 3 full-length practice tests with detailed explanations.
Part Ⅰ:Orientation
1 Introduction
What Are the SAT Subject Tests？
What Is The Princeton Review？
Point 1: Learn Chemistry the Way the Subject Test Tests It
Point 2: Approach the Test Strategically
What About Practice and Practice Tests？
Should I Buy Practice Material from ETS？
2 Test Strategies
Cracking the SAT Chemistry
Strategy #1: Study the Right Stuff in the Right Way
Strategy #2: Do the Easy Ones First
Strategy #3: Take a Guess!
Strategy #4: Making Associations (Type A, B, and C Questions)
Strategy #5: Rephrase the Question (Type A and C Questions)
Strategy #6: Avoiding the Temptation Trap
Strategy #7: Divide and Conquer
Strategy #8: Process of Elimination
3 Some Basic Stuff
Mass
Volume
Density
Pressure
Energy
Temperature and Specific Heat
How the SAT Chemistry Subject Test Will Test You on All This
Summary
Part Ⅱ:Subject Review
4 Atoms:The Building Blocks of Matter
Atoms and Elements
The Periodic Table
Summary
Chemical Reactions and Stoichiometry
The World of Molecules
The Mole
5 Chemical Reactions--How Molecules Are Formed, Broken Down,and Reformed
Stoichiometry
Thermodynamics
Summary
6 Electron Configurations and Radioactivity
Orbitals
Electron Configurations
Radioactivity and Half-Lives
Summary
7 The Periodic Table and Bonding
The Periodic Table
Some Important Periodic Trends
Chemical Bonding
Molecular Shapes
Summary
8 Phases: Gases, Liquids, and Solids
Gases
Intermolecular Forces
Phase Changes
Energy and Phase Changes.
Summary
9 Solutions
Measuring Concentrations
Boiling Point Elevation and Freezing Point Depression
Precipitation Reactions
Summary
10 Kinetics and Equilibrium
Kinetics
Chemical Equilibrium
Summary
11 Acids and Bases
The Autoionization of H20
Acids and Bases
Acid-Base Titrations
Summary.
12 Redoxand Electrochemistry
Oxidation and Reduction
Redox Reactions
Electrochemistry
Summary
13 Organic Chemistry and Environmental Chemistry
Organic Chemistry
Environmental Chemistry
Summary
14 Laboratory
Safety Rules
Accuracy
Significant Figures
Lab Procedures
Laboratory Equipment
You're Ready!
Summary
Part Ⅲ: Drill Answers and Explanations
Part Ⅳ:The Princeton Review Practice SAT Chemistry Subject Test and Answers and Explanations
15 Practice SAT Chemistry Subject Test 1
16 Practice SAT Chemistry Subject Test 1: Answers and Explanations
17 Practice SAT Chemistry Subject Test 2
18 Practice SAT Chemistry Subject Test 2: Answers and Explanations
19 Practice SAT Chemistry Subject Test 3
20 Practice SAT Chemistry Subject Test 3: Answers and Explanations
Formula Cheat Sheet
Index
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