SAT chem content Q's

GuitarRckr
Thu, 17 Jul 2008 08:14:51 +0000

Well, for the AP you need to know the very common polyatomic ions, especially ones that are strong acids/bases and weak acids/bases. College Board does print a list of all the ones you need to know, but honestly, you don’t need to really memorize the entire list (I doubt I encountered half of the ones on it during the actual AP test). Through your labs/class, you should know most, if not all, of the formuals of things you’ll need. If you really wanted it, the list is also in Cliff Notes.

Nomenclature isn’t a huge deal on the test - they don’t go and ask “what is the name of the following compound.” However, sometimes they’ll say the name of a compound and you’ll need to know what it means in context to answer a question. Again, I went into the test without really remembering the rules of naming and did fine - I don’t ever remember needing to use them.