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made of carbon
carbon meet hydrogen
other carbon groups
Carbon, mmmmm
Carbon is life
100

A form of the element carbon in which the atoms are arranged in a rigid and orderly structure, making it extremely strong.

What is diamond?

100

A substituted hydrocarbon with one or more of the —COOH (carboxyl)  group of atoms.

What is carboxylic acid?

100
An —OH group, found in alcohols.
What is hydroxyl group?
100
An energy-rich organic compound made of the elements carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen.
What is an carbohydrate?
100

A very large organic compound made up of carbon, oxygen, hydrogen, nitrogen, and phosphorus; examples are DNA and RNA.

What is a nucleic acid?

200
A form of the element carbon in which a carbon atom is bonded tightly to three other carbon atoms in flat layers.
What is graphite?
200
A substituted hydrocarbon that contains one or more hydroxyl groups.
What is an alcohol?
200
A large molecule in which many smaller molecules are bonded together.
What is an polymer?
200
An energy-rich organic compound made of carbon, oxygen, and hydrogen. Fats, oils, waxes, and cholesterol are examples of this.
What is lipid?
200

A monomer of nucleic acids.

What is a nucleotide?

300

A form of carbon that consists of atoms arranged in the shape of a hollow sphere.

What is fullerene or buckyball?

300
A hydrocarbon in which all the bonds between carbon atoms are single bonds.
What is a saturated hydrocarbon?
300

DAILY DOUBLE A — Carbon with a single bond to a hydroxyl group and a double bond to an oxygen atom.

What is a carboxyl group?

300
A long chain, or polymer, of simple carbohydrates.
What is a complex carbohydrate?
300

One of 20 kinds of organic compounds that are the monomers of proteins.

What is an amino acid?

400
A form of carbon that consists of atoms in the form of a long, hollow cylinder.
What is a nanotube?
400
A hydrocarbon in which one or more of the bonds between carbon atoms is double or triple.
What is an unsaturated hydrocarbon?
400

Dairy products such as buttermilk and yogurt contain a carboxylic acid called...

What is lactic acid?

400

List the two major groups of lipids.

What are saturated and unsaturated?

400

Contains the five-carbon sugar ribose.

What is RNA?

500
Most compounds that contain carbon.
What is an organic compound?
500
A hydrocarbon in which one or more hydrogen atoms have been replaced by atoms of other elements.
What is a substituted hydrocarbon?
500
One molecule that makes up the links in a polymer chain.
What is monomer?
500

A complex carbohydrate made of glucose monomers, which human digestive systems cannot break the bonds of.

What is cellulose?

500

Deoxyribonucleic Acid, one type of nucleic acid.

What is DNA?