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Organic Chem Intro

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Organic compounds are ________ based molecules.

a)

carbon

b)

nitrogen

c)

hydrogen

d)

oxygen

2.

Check all that apply.

Which is true of carbon?

a)

It is a nonmetal.

b)

It has four valence electrons.

c)

It is a relatively small atom.

d)

It can only bond with other carbon atoms.

3.

Carbon is a versatile atom because it needs ________ bonds to become stable.

a)

four

b)

three

c)

two

d)

one

4.

Carbon atoms form ______ bonds within molecules.

a)

covalent

b)

ionic

c)

hydrogen

d)

friendly

5.

Proteins, lipids, nucleic acids, and carbohydrates are the four classes of biological ___________, each of which are organic.

a)

macromolecules

b)

micromolecules

c)

minimolecules

d)

magnimolecules

6.

_______ are repeating units that are the building blocks of larger molecules called _______.

a)

monomers, polymers

b)

polymers, monomers

c)

carbohydrates, proteins

d)

lipids, nucleic acids

7.

Another name for a dehydration reaction is __________.

a)

condensation

b)

evaporation

c)

sublimation

d)

deposition

8.

During a dehydration reaction

a)

cells link monomers to form polymers.

b)

cells separate polymers into their monomer building blocks.

c)

cells work so hard that they lose most of the water from their cytoplasm.

d)

cells shrivel up and die.

9.

During a hydrolysis reaction

a)

cells link monomers to form polymers.

b)

cells separate polymers into their monomer building blocks.

c)

cells change the functional groups of each monomer.

d)

cells create new water molecules.

10.

In which type of reaction is water given off as a product?

a)

dehydration

b)

hydrolysis

11.

Which type of reaction is shown in the image?

a)

hydrolysis

b)

dehydration/condensation

12.

Which type of reaction is shown in the image?

a)

hydrolysis

b)

dehydration/condensation

13.

What will be the end product of the following dehydration synthesis reaction?


C6H12O6 + C6H12O6

a)

C12H24O12

b)

C12H24O12 + H2O

c)

C12H22O11 + H2O

d)

C12H20O10 + 2H2O

14.

How many molecules of water are used to completely hydrolyze the polymer in the image into its individual monomers?

a)

5

b)

4

c)

3

d)

2

15.

This is biology class, why do we need to know all this chemistry junk?

a)

To understand how living things function you need to understand the underlying chemistry of a cell.

b)

Mr. Burskey says there will be a quiz over this stuff tomorrow.

c)

Who knows, but my parents want me to have good grades.

d)

If I want to be a smartypants then I need to use big science words like homeostasis and dehydration synthesis.