Organic Compounds

Name:_______________

Date:__________

1. There are more compounds composed of ______ than any other element.

2. The chemistry of carbon is referred to as _______ chemistry.

3. Petroleum products are composed of ________ and ______ and are called ____________.

4. The oil which made petroleum products came from once ______ things.

5. The only carbon compounds which are not considered organic are ______ _______ and ______ ________.

6. Carbon has ____ valence electrons.

7. Carbon has an atomic number of ___, therefore, it has ___ electrons in its first energy shell and ____ in its' outer energy shell.

8. Carbon wants _____ electrons in its outer energy shell.

9. ____________ are compounds which contain only hydrogen and carbon.

10. The simplest hydrocarbon is _______.

11. A __________ _____ is an atom or a group of atoms that replaces one or more hydrogens in a hydrocarbon.

12. An example of a functional group is the ________ ___ (___).

13. When the hydroxyl ion replaces one of the hydrogens in a hydrocarbon, it forms an _______.

14. The organic compounds which are most important to living things are the _____________.

15. Carbohydrates are composed of ______, ________ and ______.

16. The main carbohydrate used by animals to produce energy is _______--_______.

17. Table sugar is called _______ and is produced from _____ ____.

18. The molecular formula for sucrose is _________.

19. ______ is a long chain of sugar molecules used by plants to store energy. It is converted to _______ when needed.

20. Animals store energy as ________ (______ ______) and ___.

21. Lipids are ____.

22. Carbohydrates do not have an _______ ____.

23. ____ and _______ do have an organic acid.

24. If the carbon backbone of a fat is composed of carbons bonded to each other with single bonds, each carbon can be _________ with hydrogens. This is a _________ fat.

25. If there are some double bonds between the carbons forming the backbone of a fat, the carbons cannot be _________ with hydrogens and it is an ___________ fat.

26. If there are a lot of double bonds between the carbons which form the backbone of a fat, it is called a _______________ fat.

27. ______________ fats are better foods than _________ fats.

28. ________ are polymers of amino acids.

29. A _______ is a long chain of repeating units.

30. An _____ ____ is an organic acid with an amine group.

31. The amine group is ___.

32. Any compound with an organic acid and an amine group is an _____ ____.

33. There are about _ _ amino acids.

34. When many amino acids are joined together they form a _______.

35. Proteins are very important to the ________ and _________ of living things.

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