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Doggo Overview: Basic Concepts and Definition in Chemistry

  • High yield studying
  • Foundations for high school Chemistry public exams
  • Doggo Tutorials and Cheatsheets: For jump-starting study, refreshment of key concepts or last minute study cramming
  • Doggo Quiz: systematic and reiterative Q&As to strengthen memory

1. Key Concepts and Definitions to Remember
The concepts/definitions of the following terms and their differences (and examples)
  • Chemical properties
  • Physical properties
  • Chemical change
  • Physical change
  • Atom
  • Element
  • Compound
  • Pure substance
  • Mixture
  • Molecule
The concept of chemical symbol, atomic structure and atomic number
  • You should remember chemical symbols and atomic numbers of at least the first 20 elements plus common metals and halogens
The concept of electronic arrangement, the octet/duplet rule and the Periodic Table
  • You should remember at least the first 20 elements

2. Doggy's High-Yield Studying Tools

Doggo Tutorial

Basic Concepts and Definitions for Chemistry

Doggo Cheatsheets

Basic Concepts and Definitions in Chemistry

First 20 Elements (plus Bromine and Iodine)

Doggo Quiz

Chemical Symbol of Common Elements

First 20 Elements (plus Bromine and Iodine)