Organic compound
Chemical compound that contains carbon atoms usually bonded to at least one hydrogen atom.
What is organic compound?
Pg - 490
Main function of carbohydrates in the body
What is it to provide energy?
Pg - 508
A chemical bond formed by sharing one or more pairs of electrons between atoms.
What is a covalent bond?
Pg - 490
A atom or group of atoms that determine the function and properties of the compound
Pg - 500
The simplest hydrocarbon
What is methane?
Pg - 492
Compound that only contains carbon and hydrogen
What is a hydrocarbon?
Pg - 492
Biological polymer is made of amino acid
What is protein?
Pg - 509
Compounds that only contain single bonds
Pg - 493
The four main functional groups
What are the hydroxyl, halide, carboxyl, and amino groups?
Pg - 500-502
Compounds made only of hydrogen and carbon
What are hydrocarbons?
Pg - 492
Compounds that have the same molecular formula but have different structural arrangements
What are isomers?
Pg - 492
Biological molecules store genetic information
What are nucleic acids?
Pg - 511
Compounds that contain one or more double or triple bonds
What are unsaturated compounds?
Pg - 493
Contains two atoms-oxygen and hydrogen
What is hydroxyl group?
Pg - 500
Names of hydrocarbons with triple bonds
What are Alkynes?
Pg - 493
The four forms of pure carbon
What are Graphite, Diamond, Fullerene, and Amorphous Carbon?
Pg - 491
what is the monomer of nucleic acids
What is nucleotide?
Pg - 511
Contains group 17 halogens, like fluorine
What is halide group?
Pg - 501
Consists of a nitrogen atom covalently bonded to two hydrogen atoms and its formula is -NH2.
What is an amino group?
Pg - 502
Type of hydrocarbon has at least one double bond
What is Alkene?
Pg - 493
Where Amorphous Carbon is found
What are soot, coal, and charcoal?
Pg - 491
What is a biological molecule?
Pg - 508
Is a carbon compound that contains the two functional groups-amino and carboxyl.
Pg - 509
Consists of a carbon atom with a single bond to an oxygen atom.
What is carboxyl group?
Pg - 501
Difference between saturated and unsaturated hydrocarbons
What are single vs. double/triple bonds?
Pg - 493