The Forms of Pure Carbon
Graphite, Diamonds, Fullerene, and Amorphous.
What are the forms of carbon?
Pg. 491
Saturated and Unsaturated Hydrocarbons.
What are the two most important hydrocarbons?
Pg. 493
A functional group is an atom or group of atoms that determines the function and properties of the compound.
What is a functional group?
Pg. 500
Polymers that were made in nature.
What are natural polymers?
pg 508.
Nucleic acid is a biological polymer that stores and transmits genetic information.
pg. 511
Used as a lubricant to reduce friction.
What is graphite?
Pg. 491
chains of carbon atoms form when hydrocarbons link together
What are branched, straight chains, or rings?
Pg. 492
The hydroxyl group.
What group is alcohol?
pg 500
Eleven, and the other nine are included in the food that you eat.
How many proteins can the body make?
pg 509
DNA is deoxyribonucleic acid.
What is DNA?
pg 511
The hardest material known to man.
What are diamonds?
Pg. 491
The nickname is known for a single bond.
What is alkane?
Pg. 493
The substance that is substituted with a halide solution.
What is bromoethane?
pg. 501
Fish, dairy products, beans, and meat.
What kinds of food are amino acids in?
Pg 509
What does transmit mean?
Pg 511
Amorphous found in
What are soot, coal, and charcoal?
Pg. 491
A compound that contains only carbon and hydrogen atoms.
What is the definition of a Hydrocarbon?
Pg. 492
The Carboxyl Group.
What group has the formula -COOH?
pg 501
Cells, tissues, and organs.
What in our bodies is made of natural polymers?
pg 508
DNA provides the information to make RNA, and then RNA makes the proteins that a cell needs to function.
What do DNA and RNA do?
pg 511
Fullerene is still being explored for its use.
What pure carbon?
Pg. 491
The type of bonds the carbon atoms share.
What are Hydrocarbons often classified by?
Pg. 493
Greek meaning of Halide
What does salt mean?
Pg 501
A side chain of molecules that can differ.
What does the R represent in amino acid chains?
pg 509
The nitrogen-containing bases.
What forms the teeth of the zipper?
pg 511