AP Bio - Chapter 3.1 (Carbon)

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What is an organic compound?

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any chemical that contains carbon

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What is not a benefit of carbon being small?

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can only bond with 3 different atoms at the same time

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What element is the foundation of biology?

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carbon

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How many protons, neutrons, and electrons does carbon have?

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6

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What type of bonds does carbon share?

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covalent

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What is the atomic # for carbon?

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6

Front

What is a functional group?

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a specific combination of bonded atoms that always reacts in the same way

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Which one isn't a biomolecule?

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Nucleic bases

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Proteins are polymers formed from 

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amino acids.

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DNA is a polymer formed from 

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nucleotides.