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Worksheet 39: Properties of Organic compounds Topic 10: Organic Chemistry

Set A: Properties of Carbon and of organic compounds: Objective: To test your knowledge of facts

related to properties of carbon and
organic compounds.
Read and study Page 223 Set 1 of the Study book. As you study, answer the following questions.
1. A carbon atom has how many valence electrons?

2. What type of bond, and how many of it must a carbon atom form?

3. Which element is found in all organic compounds?

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4. What are the three types of a covalent bond a carbon atom can form with another carbon atom?

5. Organic compounds are what type of substances?

6. What is general structural shape of simple organic molecules?

7. What is the molecular polarity of most organic compounds?

8. What type of forces hold molecules of organic compounds together?

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9. Why do most organic compounds have low boiling and low melting points?

10. How would you compare the rate of reaction of organic compounds to those of inorganic compounds?

11. Most organic compounds are electrolytes (True or false)?

12. What type of organic compound is a weak electrolyte?

13. Why are most organic compounds insoluble (do not dissolve well) in water?

14. Why are most organic compounds decomposes easily under heat?

15. Draw the Lewis electron-dot diagram for a carbon atom?

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