Vocabulary
This is the attractive force that holds atoms or ions together.
What is a chemical bond?
This is the type of bond where electrons are shared between atoms.
What is a covalent bond?
This is the element that tells us if a compound is organic.
What is carbon?
In covalent compound naming, this prefix means two.
What is di-?
Crystals of table salt, sodium chloride (NaCl), are
a. made of molecules
b. made of a network of ions
c. chemically similar to sugar crystals
d. weak solids
What is B?
This is a bond formed by the attraction between positively charged metal ions and the electrons around them.
What is a metallic bond?
This is the type of bond where electrons are transferred between atoms.
What is an ionic bond?
These are organic compounds that can be made by living things.
What are biochemical compounds?
In covalent compound naming, this prefix means one.
What is mono-?
These are a group of elements that are very stable, or non-reactive, due to their full valence electrons.
What are noble gases?
This is a large molecule that is formed by chains of smaller molecules, called monomers.
What is a polymer?
These are formed when atoms form covalent bonds.
What are molecules?
All organic compounds have _______ bonds.
What is covalent?
In covalent compound naming, this prefix means eight.
What is octa-?
Which of these compounds are organic?
a. CO2
b. KCl
c. NaHCO3
d. CH4
What is D?
This is a class of molecules that includes sugars, starches, and fiber. Molecules of this class contain carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen.
What is a carbohydrate?
This is the type of bonding where atoms' nuclei are tightly packed together and electrons can float freely in the substance.
What is metallic bonding?
What is an alkane?
In covalent compound naming, this prefix means five.
What is penta-?
Due to their covalent bonds, organic compounds generally have ____ melting and boiling points.
What is low?
The composition of a compound in terms of the relative numbers and kinds of atoms in the simplest ratio.
What is an empirical formula?
This is an ion that is made of two or more atoms.
What is a polyatomic ion?
These are the groups made up of oxygen and hydrogen that differentiate alcohols from other organic compounds.
What are hydroxyl groups?
In covalent compound naming, this prefix means seven.
What is hepta-?
These are the two elements in the ionic compound, phosphate, or PO43-.
What are phosphorus and oxygen?