Properties of Carbon
Carbon Compounds
Polymers and Composites
Life with Carbon
Vocabulary
100
This has 4 valence electrons and can bond with itself.
What is Carbon?
100
This word means "of living thing"
What is organic
100
What forms when chemical bonds link large numbers of monomers in a repeating pattern.
What are polymers
100
The simplest carbohydrates
What are sugars?
100
Formed from smaller molecules called amino acids.
What are proteins
200
The carbon atoms this this form of carbon are in a crystal structure.
What is diamond?
200
The threes hydrocarbon chains may be what.
What is straight, branched, or ringed-shaped chains
200
A mixture containing approximately 90 percent proteins.
What is snake venom?
200
This provides energy and raw materials the body needs to grow, repair worn part, and function properly
What are nutreints
200
Compounds that have the same chemical formula but different structural formulas are called
What are isomers?
300
This form of carbon is layered in sheets of carbon molecules bonded together.
What is graphite?
300
Like many organic compounds this mixes poorly with water and is also flammable.
What is a hydrocarbon
300
A flexible but strong natural polymer found in the cell walls of fruits and vegetables.
What is cellulose?
300
Made up of the elements hydrogen and oxygen
What is water
300
A substituted hydrocarbon that contains one or more hydroxyl groups are called what.
What is alchol
400
This form of carbon is a hollow sphere, enclosed in an open area, and can possibly carry medicines through the body.
What is fullerene
400
This is the simplest form of a hydrocarbon.
What is methane
400
Found in pastas, breads and many vegetables.
What are starches?
400
This builds strong stems and roots with the complex carbohydrate cellulose and other polymers.
What are plants
400
What is a synthetic polymers that can be molded or shaped and are the most common products.
What is plastic
500
This may also be used as conductors in electronic devices and as super strong cables.
What is a nanotube?
500
Many organic compounds have similar properties in terms of melting points, boiling points, odor, electrical, and what.
What is solubility
500
This serves in fruits and vegetables serves as dietary fiber that keeps the human digestive system healthy.
What is the cellulose in fruits.
500
This makes up your muscles, hair, and fingernails.
What is proteins
500
These are very large organic molecules made up of carbon, oxygen, hydrogen, nitrogen, and phosphorus.
What are nucleic acids
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