Carbon Compounds

Organic compounds

• are made only of carbon

• contain carbon bonded to hydrogen and nothing else

• contain carbon bonded to hydrogen

• contain only oxygen

CO₂ is an organic compound

• True

• False

Which property of carbon is important in the forming of many types of organic compounds

• carbon has 6 electrons

• carbon has 6 protons

• carbon has 4 valence electrons

• carbon can only bond with hydrogen

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Because carbon has 4 valence electrons

• it can form up to 4 covalent bonds

• it can form ionic bonds

• it can form only double bonds

• it can form covalent bonds with H only

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This is an example of a

• straight carbon chain

• branched carbon chain

• carbon ring structure

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How many covalent bonds does each carbon have in the molecule shown?

• 4

• 2

• 8

• 6

The carbons circled in red...

• are double bonded

• are sharing two pairs of electrons

• are sharing three pairs of electrons

• form a single covalent bond

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A carbon chain by itself is not able to dissolve in water. Which functional group can be added to make the carbon chain polar and hydrophilic?

• NH2

• Phosphate

• Carboxyl

• Hydroxyl

The entire molecule shown is a(n) ____ the part circled in red is a(n) ___.

• polymer, macromolecule

• polymer, monomer

• macromolecule, monomer

• monomer, polymer

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What type of reaction is shown in the image?

• Condensation reaction

• Hydrolysis

• Functional group is being added

• Polymers forming monomers

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