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- 4. Compounds composed of only carbon and hydrogen
- 6. Compounds that do not contain carbon
- 7. a colorless, odorless, highly flammable gas, the chemical element of atomic number 1.
- 12. the study of all chemicals containing carbon
- 13. the chemical element of atomic number 7, a colorless, odorless unreactive gas that forms about 78 percent of the earth's atmosphere
- 14. Energy-rich organic compounds, such as fats, oils, and waxes, that are made of carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen.
- 15. A substance made up of atoms of two or more different elements joined by chemical bonds
- 17. a colorless, odorless reactive gas, the chemical element of atomic number 8 and the life-supporting component of the air.
- 18. macromolecules containing hydrogen, oxygen, nitrogen, carbon, and phosphorus
- 19. A pure substance made of only one kind of atom
- 20. the chemical element of atomic number 16, a yellow combustible nonmetal
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- 1. the chemical element of atomic number 6, a nonmetal that has two main forms (diamond and graphite) and which also occurs in impure form in charcoal, soot, and coal.
- 2. the starches and sugars present in foods
- 3. Compounds that contain carbon
- 5. carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, nitrogen
- 8. amino acids
- 9. A combination of chemical symbols and numbers to represent a substance
- 10. small unit that can join together with other small units to form polymers
- 11. the chemical element of atomic number 15, a poisonous, combustible nonmetal that exists in two common allotropic forms, white phosphorus, a yellowish waxy solid which ignites spontaneously in air and glows in the dark, and red phosphorus, a less reactive form used in making matches.
- 16. large compound formed from combinations of many monomers
