Bobrow Test Preparation Services - CliffsAP Chemistry

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Authors Acknowledgments

I would like to thank my wife, Patti, and my two daughters, Kris and Erin, for their patience and understanding while I was writing this book. I would also like to acknowledge Dr. Jerry Bobrow of Bobrow Test Preparation Services and Christopher Bushe for their input, proofreading, and suggestions.

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Project Editor: Donna Wright

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CliffsAP Chemistry, 4th Edition

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CliffsAP chemistry / by Bobrow Test Preparation.4th ed.

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Preface

The AP Chemistry Exam was changed in 2007. Dont use an old study guide to prepare for a new test!

College-level lectures, tests, quizzes, homework problems, and labs are to be evaluated in a 3-hour examination. Its just you and the AP exam. In preparing to do the very best job possible, you have four options:

Read your entire textbook again.

Do all of your homework problems again.

Buy a test preparation guide that has every conceivable type of problem in it and that in many cases is thicker than your textbook and that you will never be able to finish and that does not explain how to do well on the essay portion of the exam and does not review all of the laboratory experiments required and tested.

Use CliffsAP Chemistry, 4th Edition along with CliffsAP 5 Chemistry Practice Exams.

Im glad you chose option 4. Ive taught chemistry for over 33 years, and Ive put together in this book what I believe are the most up-to-date types of questions that you will experience on the AP Chemistry Exam. Each question is thoroughly explained and the format of each practice exam is exactly what you will see when you take the actual exam. With other AP exams to study for and other time commitments, you need a quick set of practice exams that will cover everything you need to know. With CliffsAP Chemistry, 4th Edition to help you cover in more detail the topics covered in the practice exams, you will be absolutely prepared.

Study Guide Checklist

• Go through this checklist, placing a check in each box as you complete the task. When youve checked all the boxes on this page, youre ready for the AP Chemistry Exam.
• Become familiar with all of the resources available from the College Board for preparing for the AP Chemistry Exam: http://apcentral.collegeboard.com
• Read the Preface to this book.
• Read Format of the NEW AP Chemistry Exam
• Read Topics Covered by the AP Chemistry Exam
• Read Questions Commonly Asked about the AP Chemistry Exam
• Read Strategies for Taking the AP Chemistry Exam
• Read Methods for Writing the Essays
• Read and do all problems for Chapter 1, Atoms
• Read and do all problems for Chapter 2, Periodic Table
• Read and do all problems for Chapter 3, Bonding
• Read and do all problems for Chapter 4, Molecular Geometry-Hybridization
• Read and do all problems for Chapter 5, Stoichiometry
• Read and do all problems for Chapter 6, Gases
• Read and do all problems for Chapter 7, Liquids and Solids
• Read and do all problems for Chapter 8, Thermodynamics
• Read and do all problems for Chapter 9, Solutions
• Read and do all problems for Chapter 10, Equilibrium
• Read and do all problems for Chapter 11, Acids and Bases
• Read and do all problems for Chapter 12, Kinetics
• Read and do all problems for Chapter 13, Oxidation-Reduction (Redox)
• Read and do all problems for Chapter 14, Nuclear Chemistry