Ontario

C Chemistry

• C1 Relating Science to Technology, Society, and the Environment

  • C1.1 analyse, on the basis of research, various safety and environmental issues associated with chemical reactions and their reactants and/or product(s)

  • C1.2 analyse how an understanding of the properties of chemical substances and their reactions can be applied to solve environmental challenges

• C2 Developing Skills of Investigation and Communication

  • C2.1 use appropriate terminology related to chemical reactions, including, but not limited to: compounds, product, and reactant

  • C2.2 construct molecular models to illustrate the structure of molecules in simple chemical reactions, and produce diagrams of these models

    • Count atoms in chemical reactions using models (10-Y.1)

  • C2.3 investigate simple chemical reactions, including synthesis, decomposition, and displacement reactions, and represent them using a variety of formats

    • Classify chemical reactions (10-Z.1)

  • C2.4 use an inquiry process to investigate the law of conservation of mass in a chemical reaction, and account for any discrepancies

  • C2.5 plan and conduct an inquiry to identify the evidence of chemical change

  • C2.6 plan and conduct an inquiry to classify some common substances as acidic, basic, or neutral

• C3 Understanding Basic Concepts

  • C3.1 describe the relationships between chemical formulae, composition, and names of binary compounds

    • Name binary ionic compounds (10-V.1)

  • C3.2 explain, using the law of conservation of mass and atomic theory, the rationale for balancing chemical equations

  • C3.3 describe the types of evidence that indicate chemical change

  • C3.4 write word equations and balanced chemical equations for simple chemical reactions

    • Balance chemical equations I (10-Y.3)

  • C3.5 describe, on the basis of observation, the reactants in and products of a variety of chemical reactions, including synthesis, decomposition, and displacement reactions

    • Single replacement reactions (10-Z.2)

  • C3.6 describe the process of acid-base neutralization (i.e., an acid reacts with a base to form a salt and often water)

  • C3.7 describe how the pH scale is used to classify solutions as acidic, basic, or neutral

  • C3.8 identify simple ionic compounds, simple compounds involving polyatomic ions, and write the formulae

    • Name binary ionic compounds (10-V.1)
    • Name ionic compounds containing polyatomic ions (10-V.2)
    • Write chemical formulas of ionic compounds (10-V.3)