Carbon Atom

Organic chemistry is the study of ______ compounds.

There are more inorganic compounds than organic compounds known to exist today.

• True

• False

Carbon atoms can bond with each other to form molecules of various lengths either straight or branched chains and ring or cyclic structure.

• True

• False

​ (a)   hydrocarbons consist of carbon-carbon single bonds while ​ (b)   hydrocarbons consists of at least one carbon-carbon double or triple bond.

• Saturated
• Unsaturated

The simplest organic compounds are hydrocarbons which contain only ​ (a)   and ​ (b)  

• carbon
• hydrogen
• oxygen
• nitrogen