11.1 Organic Chemistry

Question 1

What is a hydrocarbon?

Answer 1

A compound containing carbon and hydrogen only.

Question 2

What is a meant by saturated?

Answer 2

Containing single bonds only.

Question 3

What is meant by unsaturated?

Answer 3

Containing a multiple carbon-carbon bond.

Question 4

What is a saturated hydrocarbon?

Answer 4

A hydrocarbon with single bonds only.

Question 5

What is an unsaturated hydrocarbon?

Answer 5

A hydrocarbon with carbon-carbon multiple bonds.

Question 6

What is a homologous series?

Answer 6

A series of organic compounds with the same functional group but with each successive member differing by the addition of a -CH2.

Question 7

What is an alkane?

Answer 7

The hydrocarbon homologous series with single carbon-carbon bonds and the general formula: CnH2n+2.

Question 8

What is a functional group?

Answer 8

The part of the organic molecule responsible for its chemical reactions.

Question 9

What are the bond angles around the carbon in alkanes?

Answer 9

109.5°