Forms of Carbon
Carbon Terms
Classes of Organic Compounds
Monomers/Polymers
Human Body
100
Pure carbon arranged in a crystal structure.
What is a diamond?
100
Compounds containing only hydrogen and carbon.
What are hydrocarbons?
100
A substituted hydrocarbon that contains one or more hydroxyl groups.
What is an alcohol?
100

An organic compound made by chemically combining an alcohol and an organic acid?

What are esters?
100
A common, complex carbohydrate, passes through your body undigested.
What is cellulose?
200
Pure carbon arranged in flat layers.
What is graphite?
200
Compounds with the same molecular formula, but different structural formulas.
What is isomers?
200
The organic molecule that has the most energy per gram.
What is fat or lipid?
200

A -COOH group, found in organic acids.

What is a carboxyl group?
200
The total number of bonds Carbon can make.
What are 4?
300
Pure carbon in hollow spheres.
What are fullerenes?
300
An organic compound that contains double or triple bonds.
What is unsaturated?
300
A carbohydrate is made of these three elements.
What are carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen?
300

A long chain (polymer) made of simple sugars (monomer).

What is a complex carbohydrate?
300
Breads, grains, fruits, and vegetables provide this nutrient.
What are carbohydrates?
400
Another name for compounds containing carbon.
What is organic compounds?
400
Compounds with the maximum number of hydrogen atoms possible.
What is a saturated hydrocarbon?
400
Starch is an example of this type of carbohydrate.
What is a complex carbohydrate?
400

The differences among living things depends on the order of these in the DNA.

What are nucleotides?
400
The building locks of proteins.
What are amino acids?
500
The property of strong odors belongs to these.
What is organic compounds?
500
The three arrangements carbon can have.
What is a straight chain, branched, or rings?
500
A simple carbohydrate is found in your blood and circulates throughout your body.
What is glucose?
500
The monomers of DNA molecules.
What are nucleic acids?
500
The four classes of organic compounds found in living things.
What are carbohydrates, lipids, proteins, and nucleic acids?
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