Carbon Allotropes and Compounds Quiz

Hardest known substance, rigid structure

Slippery, good electrical conductor, layered structure

Different forms of the same element with different properties

Spherical carbon molecules

Different structures of carbon with varying physical properties

A chemical bond formed by the sharing of electron pairs between atoms.

A bond formed by the sharing of one pair of electrons between two atoms.

A bond formed by the sharing of two pairs of electrons between two atoms.

A bond formed by the sharing of three pairs of electrons between two atoms.

A molecule consisting of two hydrogen atoms bonded by a single covalent bond.

A molecule consisting of two oxygen atoms bonded by a double covalent bond.

A molecule consisting of two nitrogen atoms bonded by a triple covalent bond.

A molecule with one oxygen atom and two hydrogen atoms, bonded by single covalent bonds.

A molecule with one nitrogen atom and three hydrogen atoms, bonded by single covalent bonds.

Electrons in the outermost shell of an atom that participate in chemical bonding.

A representation of an atom or molecule that uses dots to show the valence electrons.

Carbon's ability to form strong covalent bonds with other carbon atoms, creating chains, branches, and rings.

Strong and stable bonds between carbon atoms.

Carbon's ability to form four bonds with other atoms.

Carbon bonds with many other elements (like hydrogen, oxygen, nitrogen), leading to many different compounds.

A simple carbon compound with one carbon atom and four hydrogen atoms.

A carbon compound with two carbon atoms and six hydrogen atoms.

Carbon compounds with only single bonds between carbon atoms.

Carbon compounds with double or triple bonds between carbon atoms.

A carbon compound where all carbon atoms are bonded to other atoms by single bonds.

A carbon compound with at least one double or triple bond between carbon atoms

Carbon's ability to form four bonds.

Carbon's ability to bond with other carbon atoms.

A saturated hydrocarbon with formula C₂H₆. All carbon-carbon links are single bond.

An unsaturated hydrocarbon with formula C₂H₄. Contains one carbon-carbon double bond.

Creating visual representations of organic compounds by linking carbon atoms and adding hydrogen atoms to satisfy valencies.