Read the Review Skills section. If there is any skill mentioned that you have not yet mastered, review the material on that topic before reading the present chapter.

 Read the chapter quickly before the lecture that describes it.

 Attend class meetings, take notes, and participate in class discussions.

 Work the Chapter Exercises, perhaps using the Chapter Examples as guides.

 Study the Chapter Glossary.

 Study all of the Chapter 13 Objectives. You might want to write a description of how you will meet each objective.

 Reread the Study Sheets called Study Sheet 13.1:  Using the Ideal Gas Equation, Sample Study Sheet 13.2:  Using the Combined Gas Law Equation, Sample Study Sheet 13.3:  Equation Stoichiometry Problems, and Sample Study Sheet 13.4:  Using Dalton’s Law of Partial Pressures and decide whether you will use them or some variation on them to complete the tasks they describe.

 This chapter has logic sequences in Figures 13.3, 13.4, 13.5, 13.6, and 13.7. Convince yourself that each of the statements in these sequences logically lead to the next statement.

 Memorize the following equations.

 To get a review of the most important topics in the chapter, fill in the blanks in the Key Ideas section.

 Work all of the selected problems at the end of the chapter, and check your answers with the solutions provided in this chapter of the study guide.

 Ask for help if you need it.