Great Neck North High School

SCIENCE 101

Practice Packet Unit 11:
Organic Chemistry
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Vocabulary
For each word, provide a short but specific definition from YOUR OWN BRAIN! No boring textbook definitions.
Write something to help you remember the word. Explain the word as if you were explaining it to an
elementary school student͘ Give an example if you can͘ Don͛t use the words given in your definition!
Organic: ___________________________________________________________________________________
Hydrocarbon: ______________________________________________________________________________
Alkane: ___________________________________________________________________________________
Alkene: ___________________________________________________________________________________
Alkyne: ___________________________________________________________________________________
Saturated: _________________________________________________________________________________
Unsaturated: _______________________________________________________________________________
Isomer: ___________________________________________________________________________________
Functional Group: __________________________________________________________________________
Combustion: _______________________________________________________________________________
Addition: __________________________________________________________________________________
Substitution: _______________________________________________________________________________
Fermentation: ______________________________________________________________________________
Esterification: ______________________________________________________________________________
Polymerization: _____________________________________________________________________________
Saponification: _____________________________________________________________________________
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The study of compounds that contain carbon. Some characteristics include low melting and boiling
points, tendency to be insoluble in water, and not electrolytes.
Organic compound that includes only hydrogen and carbon.
An alkane consists of hydrogen and carbon atoms arranged in a specific structure, where all the
carbon — carbon bonds are single.
Already has as much dissolved as it could have.
A solution in which there is more space in a given volume of solvent.
Molecules with the same molecular formula, but different structural or spatial arrangements of the atoms within
the molecule.
Specific groupings of atoms within molecules that have their own characteristics, regardless
of the other atoms present in a molecule (ex: alcohols, amines, etc)
Commonly known as burning (ex: organic compound + oxygen = water + carbon dioxide.
Organic compounds that consist of carbon and hydrogen atoms with one or more carbon-carbon
double bonds in their chemical structure.
Alkynes have triple bonds in their chemical structure and consist of carbon and hydrogen atoms.
A reaction in which two or more molecules combine to form a bigger molecule (ex: ethane + bromine =
dibromoethane)
A type of chemical reaction where an atom or functional group of a molecule is replaced by another atom
or functional group (Ex: CH3Cl reacted with a hydroxy ion (OH-) will produce CH3OH and chlorine).
The process in which a substance breaks down into a simpler substance (ex: microorganisms like yeast and
bacteria)