7.6 A Organic Compounds

Question 1

The smallest particle of an element maintaining the chemical identity of that element.

Answer 1

Atom

Question 2

A pure substance composed of the same type of atom throughout.

Answer 2

Element

Question 3

Pure substance made of two or more kinds of atoms bound together

Answer 3

Compound

Question 4

A naturally occurring element of Earth, and essential building block of organic compounds.

Answer 4

Carbon

Question 5

A compound that contains organic carbon and other atoms, usually oxygen, hydrogen, nitrogen, phosphorus, and/or sulfur.

Answer 5

Organic Compound

Question 6

Does not contain the carbon-hydrogen atom combination that characterizes organic molecules; not of biological compounds.

Answer 6

Inorganic Compound

Question 7

Molecules containing carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen that break down into simple sugars.

Answer 7

Carbohydrates

Question 8

Large complex molecules containing carbon, hydrogen, nitrogen, oxygen, and sometimes sulfur that break down to amino acids.

Answer 8

Proteins

Question 9

An organic compound, one of twenty building blocks of protein.

Answer 9

Amino Acids

Question 10

Organic carbon-based substances, such as fat, oil, or wax, that dissolve in alcohol, but not in water; an important part of living cells.

Answer 10

Lipids