Organic Chemistry

Question 1

What is a hydrocarbon

Answer 1

A compound made of hydrogen and carbon molecules only

Question 2

What is a saturated compound

Answer 2

A compound containing only single bonds, sush as alkanes.

Question 3

What is an unsaturated compound?

Answer 3

A compound containing one or more multiple bonds, for example an alkene

Question 4

What is a multiple bond?

Answer 4

Two or more covalent bonds between two atoms

Question 5

What is a feature of an organic compound?

Answer 5

Contains carbon, and most contain hydrogen too

Question 6

what are the three categories of chemistry?

Answer 6

inorganic, organic and physical

Question 7

what are the vast majority of compounds?

Answer 7

organic

Question 8

what did Friedrich Wohler discover in 1828?

Answer 8

that urea could be made by heating ammonium cyanate which is not organic

Question 9

what did Wohler prove in 1828?

Answer 9

that organic substances can be made in other ways than just in the human body.

Question 10

the main feature of an organic compound is

Answer 10

that it contains carbon

Question 11

almost all organic compounds contain

Answer 11

hydrogen

Question 12

some of the most important organic compounds contain elements such as

Answer 12

nitrogen and oxygen

Question 13

sucrose is not a hydrocarbon because

Answer 13

it contains oxygen

Question 14

carbohydrates are not hydrocarbon because the -ate ending shows it contains

Answer 14

oxygen

Question 15

the two classes of hydrocarbons are

Answer 15

saturated and unsaturated

Question 16

a hydrocarbon that is saturated contains as much hydrogen

Answer 16

as is possible

Question 17

if a hydrocarbon contains fewer hydrogen atoms than the maximum then it is

Answer 17

unsaturated

Question 18

the formula of the simplest hydrocarbon containing only one carbon atom is

Answer 18

CH4

Question 19

when a hydrocarbon contains two carbons, the maximum number of hydrogen atoms is

Answer 19

six

Question 20

the general rule for organic compounds is in most cases

Answer 20

that every carbon atom has four bonds

Question 21

if there is no more room for more hydrogen atoms

Answer 21

the hydrocarbon is saturated

Question 22

if there is room for more hydrogen atoms

Answer 22

the hydrocarbon is unsaturated

Question 23

the term multiple bonds includes

Answer 23

double and triple bonds

Question 24

hydrocarbons in triangular arrangements are

Answer 24

cyclical

Question 25

cyclical hydrocarbons are

Answer 25

unsaturated

Question 26

a saturated molecule contains four carbon atoms, how many hydrogen atoms does it have?

Answer 26

10

Question 27

the compound C2F4 is organic or inorganic?

Answer 27

inorganic

Question 28

is C2F4 saturated or not?

Answer 28

unsaturated