Carbon Chapter 9

Question 1

Hydrocarbon

Answer 1

Organic compound that contains only the elements hydrogen and carbon

Question 2

Unsaturated Hydrocarbon

Answer 2

Hydrocarbon that contains one or more double or triple bonds

Question 3

Aromatic hydrocarbon

Answer 3

Hydrocarbons that contain similar ring structures (has an aroma)

Question 4

Organic compound

Answer 4

Contains Carbon and Hydrogen

Often combined with a few other elements

Question 5

Isomers

Answer 5

Compounds with the same molecular formula but different structural formulas

Question 6

Fossil fules

Answer 6

Mixtures of hydrocarbons that formed from the remains of plants or animals

Question 7

Saturated hydrocarbon

Answer 7

All of the bonds are single bonds!

Contains the maximum possible number of hydrogen atoms for each atom.

Question 8

Substituted Hydrocarbon

Answer 8

Hydrocarbon in which one or more hydrogen atoms have been replaced by an atom

Question 9

Functional group

Answer 9

Substituted atoms or group of atoms

Question 10

Polymer

Answer 10

a substance that has a molecular structure consisting entirely of a large number of similar units bonded together

Question 11

Monomers

Answer 11

Smaller molecules that join together to form a polymer

Question 12

Carbohydrates

Answer 12

Simple sugars, slightly more complex sugars such as sucrose..
A polymers built from sugar monomers.

Question 13

Nucleic Acids

Answer 13

Large nitrogen containing polymers found mainly in the nuclei of cells.

Question 14

Amino acids

Answer 14

Compound that contains both carboxylate and amino functional groups in this same molecule

Question 15

Protein

Answer 15

Polymer in which at least 100 amino acid monomers are linked through bonds between an amino group and a carboxyl group

Question 16

Photosynthesis

Answer 16

Plants chemically combine carbon dioxide and water into carbohydrates.
Need light and chlorophyll!

Question 17

Enzymes

Answer 17

Proteins that act as catalysts for reactions in cells.

Allow reactions to proceed faster at much lower temps.

Question 18

Vitamins

Answer 18

Organic compounds that organisms need in small amounts but can’t produce!

Question 19

Network solid

Answer 19

All atoms are linked by covalent bonds.

Sometimes described as a single molecule!