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m answer✔✔120mdegreesmWhatmismthembondmanglemofmamTrigonalmPyramidal?
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m m m m
WhatmdomBiochemistsmstudy?m-
manswer✔✔1.mThemrelationshipmbetweenmstructuremandmfunctionm
of
biomolecules
2. Chemicalmreactionsmofmorganisms
3. Communicationmwithinmandmamongmorganisms
Smallermelementsmaremfavoredmbecausemtheymcanmformmstablemcovalentmbonds.mTmormFm-
m answer✔✔True.mStrongmbondsmformmbymsignificantmoverlapmofmatoms,msuchmasmcarbonm
andmhydrogen,mallowingmthemmtomsharemelectrons.
WhatmismthembondmanglemofmamLinearmmolecule?m-
m answer✔✔180mdegreesmWhatmismthembondmanglemofmamTrigonalmPlanar?m-
m answer✔✔120mdegreesmWhatmismthembondmanglemofmamTrigonalmPyramidal?
m m - answer✔✔107.5mdegreesmwhatmismthembondmanglemofmTetrahedral?m-
answer✔✔109.5mdegrees
m
Whatmismcarbonmreferredmtominmthemchemicalmworld?m-manswer✔✔Themsuperglue
Whatmdoesmorganicmchemistrymstudy?m-
answer✔✔Focusesmonmthemchemicalmandmphysicalmpropertiesmofmcarbonmcompounds
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Whatmdoesminorganicmchemistrymstudy?m-
manswer✔✔Themfieldmdealingmwithmmetals,mminerals,m
and
othermnon-organicmcompounds
HowmmanymbondsmcanmamCarbonmform?m-
m answer✔✔4!mDuemtomhavingm4mvalencemelectronsmWhatmismamlongmchainmofmcarbonsmcall
ed?m-manswer✔✔Polymers
Whatmismamcyclicmcompound?m-
m answer✔✔CarbonsmjoinedmtogetherminmamclosedmchainmWhatmaremcarbonmcompound
smcalled?m-manswer✔✔Alkanes
, Condensedmstructuresmgivemambettermideamofmammoleculesmstructure,mcomparedmtomchemicalmformu
la.mTmormFm-manswer✔✔T
Structuralmformulamgivesmanmevenmbettermideamofmammoleculesmstructure,mcomparedmtomchemical
formulam-manswer✔✔T
Advantagemofmcyclicmcarbonmcompoundsm-
manswer✔✔Theym arem moremrestrictedminmtheirm
movements
andmorientationm-madvantageousmformbuildingmstructuresmandmmaintainingmshape
Carbonmcanmformmdoublemandmtriplembondsmwithmothermcarbonmatomsmormatomsmofmothermelements
.mTmormFm-manswer✔✔T
Line-bondmDrawingm-manswer✔✔Mostmefficientmmethodmtomshowmstructure,mbutmrequiresmthe
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tation.
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ontrolmthempropertiesmofmthemcompound.
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manswer✔✔Moleculesmthatmarempartmofmthemcellmormmoleculesmthatmaremexcretedmby
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Whatmaremdaltonsmusedmfor?m-
manswer✔✔LargermmoleculesmusemDaltonsmformmass.m1mDam=m1m
g/mol
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manswer✔✔Nucleotide;m Amino
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