WEEK 3 - General Chemistry I

Respond to the following in a minimum of 230 words in APA format. No reference is needed. 

Choose at least 2 terms from the list, and answer the following questions for each term:

This week, consider the following terms:

- Nuclear charge

- Electromagnetic radiation

- Electromagnetic spectrum

- Endothermic

- Ground state

- Bond

- Metal

- Nonmetal

- Periodic table

- Quantum mechanics

- Wave

What familiarity and prior knowledge do you have about the term?

What does the term mean in everyday language to everyday people? Use examples to help describe your thoughts. How do people use the word?

What does the term mean in technical language to chemists?

How is the term related to the course student learning outcome: Use electronic structure to describe atomic bonding?

What are the similarities and differences between the everyday and technical meanings and uses of the term?

What impact might the similarities and differences have on your learning of chemistry concepts in this course?