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Organic Chemistry
In the space provided, write the letter of the term or phrase that best completes
each statement or best answers each question.

______ 1. All organic compounds contain

a. sulfur.
b. water.
c. carbon.
d. oxygen.
______ 2. Structural isomers are compounds that have
a. the same molecular formula but different structures.
b. the same molecular formula and the same structure.
c. different molecular formulas and different structures.
d. different molecular formulas but the same structure.
______ 3. Geometric isomers are compounds that have
a. the same order of atom bonding and the same arrangement of atoms
in space.
b. a different order of atom bonding and a different arrangement of
atoms in space.
c. the same order of atom bonding and a different arrangement of
atoms in space.
d. a different order of atom bonding and the same arrangement of
atoms in space.
______ 4. Which of the following compounds is not organic?
a. CH4
b. CH3OCH3
c. CO
d. BrC3H7
______ 5. The ability of carbon to form long chains and rings of covalently
bonded atoms is known as
a. hybridization.
b. catenation.
c. saturation.
d. isomerization.
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______ 6. The simplest organic compounds are known as

a. functional compounds.
b. structural isomers.
c. monomers.
d. hydrocarbons.
______ 7. Which of the following indicates the number and types of atoms
present in a molecule and also shows the bonding arrangement of the
atoms?
a. molecular formula
b. atomic formula
c. chemical formula
d. structural formula
______ 8. How many different geometric isomers of 1,2-dichloroethene can there
be?
a. 1
b. 2
c. 3
d. 4
______ 9. A geometric isomer with two alkyl groups on the same side of the
carbon-carbon double bond is called
a. cis.
b. trans.
c. di.
d. mono.
______10. Another name for structural isomers is
a. geometric isomers.
b. polymers.
c. functional isomers.
d. constitutional isomers.