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To: The
TAMS Class of 2009
Print Version
of Assignments
From: John Ed Allen
Assistant Dean and Director of Academic Programs for TAMS
Here are three of the Textbooks you will be
using in the Fall Semester:
BIOLOGY
CHEMISTRY
MATHEMATICS (the pre-calculus book)
Special note: Some of you will place into Calculus
I or higher. However these courses have the material in pre-calculus as
pre-requisite and working on these exercises will put you in better shape to
handle the higher level courses.
ASSIGNMENT FROM THE BIOLOGY BOOK:
Study thoroughly the material in Chapter 1 (pages 1-17). Read the chapter
all the way through at least two times (three or four would be better).
Answer all questions on page 18 and prepare your answers to turn
in to the Biology Professor during your first class.
ASSIGNMENT FROM THE MATHEMATICS BOOK:
Your mathematics professor will assume that you know (and know quite well)
all of the material in Chapter 1.
Prepare the following problems to turn in to your math professor on the first
day of class: Review exercises starting on page 131 - multiples of
5 (that is, problems 5, 10, 15, 20, … all the way to 135). Refer to
material and examples in the chapter if you encounter difficulty with any
problem. Also, work the Chapter Test on pages 135-137. Note there
are some answers in the back of the book. [The more exercises you work,
the better prepared you will be. At least try all the odd numbered
exercises in the review set.]
Now – just for fun – study carefully the material on
“Problem Solving” pages 138 – 141 and try your hand at some of the problems
beginning on page 141!
ASSIGNMENT FROM THE CHEMISTRY BOOK:
In Chapter 1, student should be able to:
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Distinguish between physical and chemical
properties and between physical and chemical changes.
Problems 17, 28, 30
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Differentiate temperatures among the Fahrenheit,
Celsius and Kelvin scales.
Problem 20
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Distinguish between elements, compounds and
mixtures and become familiar with types of elements.
Problems 33, 35, 40, 58, 82
Use dimensional analysis for problem solving and
perform calculations involving density.
Problems 21, 24, 72
In Chapter 2, student should be able to:
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Become familiar with units for atomic dimensions.
Problem 6
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Determine the number of significant figures, (SF),
in a measured quantity and use them appropriately in calculations.
Problems 21, 23, 24
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Describe the composition of an atom in terms of protons, neutrons and
electrons and interpret
 in
terms of atomic number, mass number and number of fundamental particles
in the species it represents.
Problems 40, 41, 45
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To use the unit of mole as a counting unit.
Problems 63, 65
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Become familiar with the organization of the
Periodic Table and use it to predict element characteristics.
Problems 84, 86, 110, 112
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Prepare all of the problems listed
above in Chapters 1 and 2 to turn in on the first class day to your Chemistry
Professor.
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