http://blog.kkc.school.nz/chemistry Just another blog.kkc.school.nz weblog Sat, 14 Feb 2009 22:57:13 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Well, we're right into it now. This site contains an interactive quiz that will help you practise assigning oxidation numbers. I encourage you all to work through it. http://blog.kkc.school.nz/chemistry/2009/02/15/practising-oxidation-numbers/ I wonder how many years it took for someone to get this chemical compound's name all in the right order..... methionylglutaminylarginyltyrosylglutamylserylleucylphenylalanylalanylglutamin- ylleucyllysylglutamylarginyllysylglutamylglycylalanylphenylalanylvalylprolyl- phenylalanylvalylthreonylleucylglycylaspartylprolylglycylisoleucylglutamylglu- taminylserylleucyllysylisoleucylaspartylthreonylleucylisoleucylglutamylalanyl- glycylalanylaspartylalanylleucylglutamylleucylglycylisoleucylprolylphenylala- nylserylaspartylprolylleucylalanylaspartylglycylprolylthreonylisoleucylgluta- minylasparaginylalanylthreonylleucylarginylalanylphenylalanylalanylalanylgly- cylvalylthreonylprolylalanylglutaminylcysteinylphenylalanylglutamylmethionyl- leucylalanylleucylisoleucylarginylglutaminyllysylhistidylprolylthreonylisoleu- cylprolylisoleucylglycylleucylleucylmethionyltyrosylalanylasparaginylleucylva- lylphenylalanylasparaginyllysylglycylisoleucylaspartylglutamylphenylalanyltyro- sylalanylglutaminylcysteinylglutamyllysylvalylglycylvalylaspartylserylvalylleu- cylvalylalanylaspartylvalylprolylvalylglutaminylglutamylserylalanylprolylphe- nylalanylarginylglutaminylalanylalanylleucylarginylhistidylasparaginylvalylala- nylprolylisoleucylphenylalanylisoleucylcysteinylprolylprolylaspartylalanylas- partylaspartylaspartylleucylleucylarginylglutaminylisoleucylalanylseryltyrosyl- glycylarginylglycyltyrosylthreonyltyrosylleucylleucylserylarginylalanylglycyl- valylthreonylglycylalanylglutamylasparaginylarginylalanylalanylleucylprolylleu- cylasparaginylhistidylleucylvalylalanyllysylleucyllysylglutamyltyrosylasparagi- nylalanylalanylprolylprolylleucylglutaminylglycylphenylalanylglycylisoleucylse- rylalanylprolylaspartylglutaminylvalyllysylalanylalanylisoleucylaspartylalanyl- glycylalanylalanylglycylalanylisoleucylserylglycylserylalanylisoleucylvalylly- sylisoleucylisoleucylglutamylglutaminylhistidylasparaginylisoleucylglutamylpro- lylglutamyllysylmethionylleucylalanylalanylleucyllysylvalylphenylalanylvalyl- glutaminylprolylmethionyllysylalanylalanylthreonylarginylserine, n.: The chemical name for tryptophan synthetase A protein, a 1,913-letter enzyme6 with 27 amino acids. http://blog.kkc.school.nz/chemistry/2008/11/09/and-you-thought-25-was-hard/ S-cool is generally regarded as one of the UK's best revision sites. This link will take you to the A-Level Chemistry pages. http://blog.kkc.school.nz/chemistry/2008/11/09/another-revision-site-with-interactive-quizzes/ This material is all from a BBC site. To save you time I have put links below to the sections relevant to our the New Zealand Level 2 NCEA prescription. This section neatly and concisely summarises chemical equilibrium in just two pages, including some helpful animations. For practice at naming organic compounds ... http://blog.kkc.school.nz/chemistry/2008/11/02/some-more-exam-revision-material/ http://blog.kkc.school.nz/chemistry/2008/10/21/october-23-is-happy-mole-day/ This link takes a light-hearted look at a Chemistry exam. Enjoy. Good luck on Tuesday - give it your best, and don't leave any blank spaces - but only if you can't avoid this. http://blog.kkc.school.nz/chemistry/2008/09/14/just-for-a-laugh/ 1. H2O is hot water, and CO2 is cold water. 2. To collect fumes of sulphur, hold a deacon over a flame in a test tube. 3. When you smell an odourless gas, it is probably carbon monoxide. 4. Water is composed of two gins, Oxygin and Hydrogin. Oxygin is pure gin. Hydrogin ... http://blog.kkc.school.nz/chemistry/2008/09/07/the-sorts-of-exam-answers-to-avoid/ This site neatly summarises the factors affecting rates of reaction. Here you can complete an interactive quiz on acids and bases. This page is an interactive quiz on dynamic equilibrium. Ignore the "calculator" at the top, please, and use your own. You could also try the interactive quizzes on the same topic ... http://blog.kkc.school.nz/chemistry/2008/09/07/some-more-revision-sites-to-help-you/ The interactive tasks on this site are all written by the authors of the textbook you use - "Beginning Chemistry". So click here for some exam revision. http://blog.kkc.school.nz/chemistry/2008/08/31/interactive-revision-tasks-for-all-of-level-2-chemistry/ Well, you've all seen it at some stage. If you like singing along, here it is on YouTube. http://blog.kkc.school.nz/chemistry/2008/08/31/the-elements-song/