Organic and Biological Compounds Quiz

For background information see chapter 13 in Merrill textbook

Vocabulary List:

saturated hydrocarbon            gasohol            energy farming            hydrocarbons
unsaturated hydrocarbons       proteins            carbohydrates            biomass
substituted hydrocarbons        lipids                nucleic acids                polymers
aromatic compounds                isomers            organic compounds    biogas

1. polymers formed from amino acids

2. made up of only carbon and hydrogen atoms

3. most compounds that contain carbon

4. large molecules made up of many smaller organic molecules that have formed new bonds and are linked together

5. organic compounds whose structural formulas contain the benzene ring

6. biological compounds that contain twice as many hydrogen atoms as oxygen atoms

7. hydrocarbons with only single bonds

8. compounds with the same chemical formula but different molecular structures and shapes

9. polymers that control the activities and reproduction of cells

10. all plant and animal material, both dead and alive

11. growing of plants for use as fuel

12. fuel product made from ethanol and gasoline

13. hydrocarbons that have at least one double or triple bond

14. product produced when bacteria break down plant and animal wastes in the absence of air

15. biological compounds that include fats and oils

16. hydrocarbons in which one or more hydrogen atoms have been replaced with atoms of other elements

answers

1. proteins

2. hydrocarbons

3. organic compounds

4. polymers

5. aromatic compounds

6. carbohydrates

7. saturated hydrocarbons

8. isomers

9. nuclei acids

10. biomass

11. energy farming

12. gasohol

13. unsaturated hydrocarbons

14. biogas

15. lipids

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