Chapter 15.5

Question 1

What is the study of compounds containing carbon, whether or not they were formed by living things?

Answer 1

Organic Chemistry

Question 2

What element forms more chemical compounds than all other elements combined?

Answer 2

Carbon

Question 3

What are organic compounds containing only hydrogen and carbon?

Answer 3

Hydrocarbons

Question 4

What are hydrocarbons with only single bonds between carbon atoms?

Answer 4

Alkanes

Question 5

What are hydrocarbons containing one or more double bonds between carbon atoms?

Answer 5

Alkenes

Question 6

What are hydrocarbons containing one or more triple bonds between carbon atoms?

Answer 6

Alkynes

Question 7

What is the term for ring-shaped molecules?

Answer 7

Cyclic

Question 8

What are hydrocarbons with a cyclic structure and delocalized electrons?

Answer 8

Aromatic compounds

Question 9

What are hydrocarbons that have one or more hydrogen atoms replaced with different atoms or groups of atoms?

Answer 9

Substituted hydrocarbons

Question 10

What is a group of atoms capable of replacing a hydrogen atom in a hydrocarbon?

Answer 10

Functional group

Question 11

What are alkanes with one or more hydrogen atoms replaced by halogen atoms such as fluorine, chlorine, bromine, or iodine?

Answer 11

Haloalkanes

Question 12

What are organic compounds with one or more hydrogen atoms replaced with an -OH group?

Answer 12

Alcohol

Question 13

What are organic compounds containing the carboxyl group, abbreviated -COOH?

Answer 13

Carboxylic acids

Question 14

What is an organic compound in which a hydrocarbon chain replaces the hydrogen atom of a carboxyl group?

Answer 14

Ester

Question 15

What is a group of organic compounds in which a salt contains a carboxylate ion?

Answer 15

Soaps

Question 16

What is a huge organic molecule composed of many smaller molecules?

Answer 16

Polymers

Question 17

What is the chemical process which produces a polymer?

Answer 17

Polymerization