Water pt 2 Flashcards

1
Q

Why do polar molecules dissolve

A

They form hydrogen bonds with water molecules

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2
Q

An organic chemical is derived in some way from a living thing. True or False

A

False

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3
Q

What is an organic compound

A

Any molecule that contains carbon and hydrogen

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4
Q

What is the mysterious lie force that was needed to create organic compounds

A

Vitalism

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5
Q

What is the belief that all natural phenomenons are controlled by chemical and physical laws

A

Vitalism

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6
Q

What was vitalism replaced by

A

Mechanism

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7
Q

What is life on earth said to be based?

A

Carbon based, oxyegn based, and hydrogen based

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8
Q

What compounds do carbon not tend to form

A

Ionic

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9
Q

What does carbon have a natural tendency to do instead?

A

Share electrons in stronger covalent bonds

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10
Q

What does electron configuration of carbon give it the ability to do

A

React with a wide range of elements

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11
Q

What can react with more elements than any other type of atom?

A

Carbon

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12
Q

Real molecules have 3D shapes that affect their structure and function. True or False

A

True

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13
Q

Where are hydrocarbons most commonly found

A

Fossil fuels

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14
Q

What are compounds with the same formula but different structures called

A

Isomers

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15
Q

What are atoms arranged differently called

A

Structural Isomers

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16
Q

What are atoms arranged the same but with different three dimensional shapes called?

A

Geometric Isomers

17
Q

What do the three different shapes have to do with

A

The distribution of single and double bonds

18
Q

What is the purple pigment in the retina called

A

Rhodopsin

19
Q

What happens when Rhodopsin is struck by a photon of light

A

It changed from one isomer to another

20
Q

What are mirror images of one another called

A

Optical Isomers

21
Q

Optical isomers do not always have the same function?
True or False

A

False

22
Q

What are optical isomers often significant in

A

The pharmaceutical industry

23
Q

What do properties of an organic molecule depend on

A

What is attached to the carbon skeleton

24
Q

What are certain combinations of atoms that are commonly attached called

A

Functional groups

25
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