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Relevant CAT: ConcepTests
Discipline: Chemistry
Description:
The ConcepTests website offers a range of conceptest questions on a variety of chemistry topics including: general chemistry, organic chemistry, analytical chemistry, inorganic chemistry, physical chemistry, and biochemistry. Users can download sets of questions on various chemistry topics in Adobe Acrobat (*.pdf) and Microsoft Word (*.doc) format. An example question from the ConcepTest website appears in the box below.
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Example ConcepTest question
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(Kinetic energy of gases) For two gases A and B, the average kinetic energy is the same at a given temperature:
Compared to lighter atoms at the same temperature, heavier atoms on average move faster, move slower, move at the same average velocity
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Authors:
Questions are submitted by chemistry faculty, the site was developed and is maintained by: Arthur B. Ellis, Ann Cappellari, George C. Lisensky, Julie K. Lorenz, Katie Meeker, Dale Moore, Karen Campbell, Jennifer Billmann, and Kimberly Rickert at the University of Wisconsin-Madison Chemistry Department
Selected References:
Landis, C.R., Ellis, A.B., Lisensky, G.C., Lorenz, J.K., Meeker, K., Wamser, C.C. Chemistry ConcepTests: A Pathway to Interactive Classrooms, Prentice Hall, Inc., in preparation. Preprints of this booklet are available; email: concept@chem.wisc.edu for more information.
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