In lectures we use the eInstruction Classroom Performance System (CPS) for you to assess your understanding and particularly to identify things that are not yet unclear to you.
CPS Response Pad Registration
The instructions for you to register your CPS response pad are available as a PDF document at the links below. Use the link corresponding to your lecture section:
- Professor Tullius's lecture, CH102A1,
http://quantum.bu.edu/courses/ch102/CPS/A1-Tullius.pdf - Professor Dill's lecture, CH102A2,
http://quantum.bu.edu/courses/ch102/CPS/A2-Dill.pdf - Professor Wang's lecture, CH102A3,
http://quantum.bu.edu/courses/ch102/CPS/A3-Wang.pdf
There is a registration charge. Please register your response pad immediately and bring it with you to each lecture meeting.
Below are some of the Classroom Performance System (CPS) lessons we have worked through in some lectures, arranged by topic. Please note that neither all lessons nor all questions of each lesson have been presented in all lectures.
The questions are meant as study and review aids, and to test your understanding. Answers have been given in lectures. Answers are not provided here.
The questions are in Adobe Acrobat PDF format. Your web browser needs to have the (free) Acrobat plugin installed to display the notes. If you do not already have Acrobat Reader, you can get it from
ACS Chemistry Chapter 6: Chemical Reactions
ACS Chemistry Chapter 7: Chemical Energetics
- Calorimetry
- Combustion of foods
- Bond enthalpies
- Thermodynamic concepts
- Computing enthalpy change
- Energy change versus enthalpy change
- Pressure & PV = nRT
ACS Chemistry Chapter 8: Entropy and Molecular Organization
- Counting particle dispersal
- Osmosis
- Counting energy dispersal
- Temperature dependence of entropy change
- Phase change: ice & water
- Phase change: general
- Thermodynamic calculations
ACS Chemistry Chapter 9: Chemical Equilibrium
- Strong acid ionization
- Weak acid ionization
- Conjugate base ionization
- Buffers
- Solubility equilibria
- Thermodynamics of equilibrium
ACS Chemistry Chapter 10: Reduction-Oxidation: Electrochemistry
- Redox and spontaneity
- Nernst equation
- Standard reduction potentials
- Effect of concentration
- Coupled reactions
- Aerobic metabolism
ACS Chemistry Chapter 11: Reaction Pathways