Accelerated Chemistry Semester One
District Assessment Connection for South Dakota Core Standards
Indicator N-2: Apply the skills necessary to conduct scientific investigations.
| Standards | Test Questions |
| SCN2-01. Students are able to apply science process skills to design and conduct student investigations. DDCM-02. Identify and convert SI units • Use dimensional analysis to convert units in chemistry • Identify and use SI, base, modified, and derived units |
9,10,11,12,13,14 12, 13, 14 9, 10, 11 |
| SAN2-03. Demonstrate correct precision in measurements and calculations. DDCM-01. Analyze and interpret data • Use significant digits to express precision in measurements • Use scientific notation to express and evaluate large and small measurements • Create and interpret graphs |
1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8 1, 2, 3, 8 6, 7 4, 5 |
Indicator P-1: Describe structures and properties of, and changes in, matter.
| Standards | Test Questions |
| SCP1-01. Students are able to use the Periodic Table to determine the atomic structure of elements, valence number, family relationships, and regions (metals, nonmetals, and metalloids). DDCM-05. Identify characteristics of elements and isotopes • Calculate average atomic mass • Differentiate between and determine the number of major subatomic particles in elements • Identify atomic number, mass number, and average atomic mass for isotopes on the periodic table |
27,28,29,30,31 29 27 28, 30, 31 |
| SCP1-02. Describe ways that atoms combine. DDCM-04. Classify the general types of substances: elements, mixtures, & compounds DDCM-11. Write names and formulas for Ionic Compounds • Using the rules for Ionic compounds, write formulas and compounds from names • Using the rules for Ionic compounds, write names from formulas and compounds. DDCM-14. Write names and formulas for Covalent Molecules. • Using the rules for covalent molecules, write formulas for compounds from names • Using the rules for covalent molecules, write names for formulas from compounds |
19,20,21,22, 58,59,60,61, 62,63,76,77,78,79 19, 20, 21, 22 59, 62, 63 58, 60, 61 78, 79 76, 77 |
| SCP1-04. Balance chemical equations by applying the Law of Conservation of Matter. DDCM-16. Write and balance chemical equations. • Demonstrate the use of coefficients to represent the number of formula units in a balanced reaction • Apply the Law of Conservation of Mass • Write and balance chemical equations to describe chemical reactions |
85,86,87,88,89,90 88, 89 86 85, 87, 90 |
| SCP1-05. Distinguish among chemical, physical, and nuclear changes. DDCM-03. Differentitate between chemical and physical changes and properties. • Distinguish between physical and chemical properties of substances • Identify key indicators of chemical change • Identify physical and chemical changes |
15,16,17,18 17 18 15, 16 |
| SAP1-01. Distinguish between the changing models of the atom using the historical experimental evidence. DDCM-30. Describe the history of the atomic theory. |
23,24,25,26 23, 24, 25, 26 |
| SAP1-02. Predict electron configuration, ion formation, reactivity, compound formation, periodic trends, and types of compounds formed based on location on the Periodic Table. DDCM-07. Complete electron configuration, and relate to chemical stability. • Predict electron configuration and reactivity based on the location on the periodic table • Complete electron configuration, orbital notation, and electron dot structure for an element • Explain the relationship between an atom's chemical stability and the octet rule DDCM-08. Understand the organization of the Periodic Table • Describe general physical and chemical properties of elements of major groups on the periodic table • Describe the metallic character (metals, non metals, metalloids) based on the location on the periodic table DDCM-09. Use and describe periodic trends • Use the periodic table to describe trends such as electro negativity, ionization energy, atomic radius, and oxidation number • Predict electron configuration and ion formation based on location on the periodic table DDCM-10. Analyze and describe properties of Ionic Compounds. • Analyze the properties of ionic and metallic bonds • Describe ionic and metallic bond types based on their location on the periodic table |
37,38,39,40,41,42,43, 44,45,46,47,48,49, 50,51,52,53,54, 55,56,57 37, 40, 41, 42 38 39 44, 45, 46, 47 43 50, 51, 52, 57 48, 49 53, 54, 55 56 |
| SAP1-03. Identify five basic types of chemical reactions and predict the products. DDCM-15. Distinguish between the five general types of chemical reactions • Distinguish between the five general types of chemical reactions • Apply the rules of solubility when writing net ionic equations |
80,81,82,83,84 80, 81, 82 83, 84 |
| SAP1-06. Perform stoichiometric calculations. DDCM-18. Use molar mass to calculate percent composition, empirical and molecular formulas. DDCM-29. Perform molar conversions. |
91,92,93,94, 95,96,97,98,99,100 91, 92, 93, 94, 95 96, 97, 98, 99, 100 |
| SAP1-08. Use models to make predictions about molecular structure, chemical bonds, chemical reactivity, and polarity of molecules. DDCM-12. Analyze and describe properties of Covalent Molecules. • Analyze the properties of covalent bonds • Use Lewis Structures (including expanded octets) to determine shapes of molecules and use them to determine polarity of molecules. • Determine the orbital hybridization, sigma and pi bonding in covalent compounds DDCM-13. Determine types of chemical bonds • Use electro negativity to determine bond type • Describe covalent bond types based on their location on the periodic table |
64,65,66,67,68,69 70,71,72, 73, 74, 75 64, 73 65, 66, 67, 68 69, 70 71, 72, 74 75 |
| DDCM-28. Use quantum mechanics to describe position of the electron in the atom. • Describe the wave mechanical view of the hydrogen atom • Describe the position and velocity of an electron in an atom |
32,33,34,35,36 32, 33, 34 35, 36 |
TOTAL QUESTIONS = 100 questions


