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What enables carbon to form a large number of compounds?
What enables carbon to form a large number of compounds?
- The presence of hydrogen atoms
- The abundance of carbon in nature
- The nature of the covalent bond (correct)
- The formation of ionic bonds
What is the unique ability of carbon to form bonds with other carbon atoms called?
What is the unique ability of carbon to form bonds with other carbon atoms called?
- Hydrogenation
- Polymerization
- Oxidation
- Catenation (correct)
What are compounds of carbon having double or triple bonds between their carbon atoms called?
What are compounds of carbon having double or triple bonds between their carbon atoms called?
- Unsaturated compounds (correct)
- Saturated compounds
- Hydrocarbon compounds
- Aromatic compounds
Which element forms compounds with hydrogen having chains of up to seven or eight atoms, but are very reactive?
Which element forms compounds with hydrogen having chains of up to seven or eight atoms, but are very reactive?
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What property of carbon compounds outnumbers by a large margin the compounds formed by all the other elements put together?
What property of carbon compounds outnumbers by a large margin the compounds formed by all the other elements put together?
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