8.10.1 - Carbon and Hydrogen
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Practice Questions
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What is the tetravalence of carbon?
💡 Hint: Think about how many bonds carbon can make.
Name one functional group.
💡 Hint: What group affects the properties of alcohols?
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What type of bonds does carbon typically form?
💡 Hint: Think about how carbon can bond with other atoms.
True or False: Carbon is tetravalent.
💡 Hint: Consider how many bonds carbon can make.
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Create a molecular diagram of a hydrocarbon chain with at least three carbon atoms and identify the functional groups.
💡 Hint: Start with a straight chain of three carbons and add a functional group.
Discuss how carbon's hybridization changes as bonds change between single, double, and triple.
💡 Hint: Relate hybridization types to common structures like alkanes and alkenes.
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