Reflection On Chemistry

Directions: Take some time to reflect on each question before responding. Your thoughtful response to each question should be written in complete sentences. Please write in an academic/professional tone and use the appropriate chemical terminology where appropriate. Proofread for grammar/spelling before submitting. Your reflection will be graded on the thoroughness of your answers as well as professionalism (no spelling errors, complete sentences, etc.).
What topics/skills did you learn about in this course? In this chemistry course we gained knowledge in seven main units. These units were; The Foundations of Chemistry, Periodic Table Trends and Electrons, Chemical Bonding and Nomenclature, Math and Mole, Chemical Reactions and Stoichiometry, Thermochemistry, and Gases. We learned new vocabulary and how/when to apply them in class. We learned about precision accuracy and percent error in unit one, as well as: significant figures, dimensional analysis, atomic structure, atoms, and isotopes. In unit two we gained knowledge on bohr diagrams, e-dot structures of both atoms and ions, quantum models of atoms, and orbital diagrams. In unit three we learned about chemical bonding and nomenclature. We used this knowledge to identify chemical formulas of ionic compounds and name molecular compounds. We also learned about covalent bonding, lewis dot structures, and molecular geometry. Unit four discussed math and moles; we solved molar mass conversions. We also gained knowledge on