The carbon-based compounds that are the basiss of many materials are __________________.
What is hydrocarbons?
200
the Bessemer process in the 1850' allowed ________ to be produced in large quantities
What is Steel
200
Number of bonds carbon can make.
What is 4
200
The functions that carbohydrates and lipids perform in living things?
What is energy and structure?
200
large carbon-based macromolecules made of smaller, repeating units.
What is Polymer
200
Proteins that act as a catalyst are _____________
What is Enzymes
300
Iron and Carbon
What is Steel
300
carbon can bond in long chains or ______________
What is carbon rings.
300
The molecules that provide the most energy in living things.
What is lipid?
300
A polymer that can be molded and shaped
What is a plastic?
300
Starch & Cellulose
Plastics & Fiber
are all ___________________
What is Polymers?
400
Bronze
What is the first alloy.
400
compounds that contain the same atoms, but in different places are __________
What is isomers
400
The molecule that carries instructions to make other molecules.
What is nucleic acids?
400
The properties of a polymer depend on _____________
What is the number and type of monomers in the polymer?
400
Petroleum is heated until all but the largest of the hydrocarbons are in gaseous form.
What is refining? (distillation)
500
Artificial joints often are made of _______________ because they are strong, lightweight and do not react of body fluids.
What is cobalt and titanium
500
Carbon chains can be straight or ______________
What is branched
500
Name four differnt types of carbon-based molecules essential to life
What is carbohydrates, lipids, proteins and nucleic acids
500
The prefix that means "many"
What is "Poly"
500
The process when plants use carbon dioxide from the air to make carbohydrates, animals and plants use the carbohydrates and, when they die, return the carbon to the environment.