Chemistry: Quiz: Compounds with Additional Elements

Quiz: Compounds with Additional Elements

1. Halogens resemble what element because they need to form one single bond in order to achieve electronic stability?

a. oxygen

b. hydrogen

c. neon

2. Halogenated alkanes are called

a. halo salts

b. metallic halides

c. alkyl halides

3. What is the maximum number of chlorine atoms that can be substituted onto a methane molecule?

a. 2

b. 3

c. 4

4. In 1,2-dibromoethylene when both bromines are on the same side of the double bond, the bromines are said to be __________ to each other.

a. trans

b. cis

c. linear

5. The molecules cis-1,2-dichloroethylene and trans-1,2-dichloroethylene are described as

a. geometric isomers

b. alphabetical isomers

c. modeling isomers

6. The functional group for an alcohol is

a. –NH₂

b. –OH

c. –PO₄

7. In an amine, the __________ atom is the core atom.

a. carbon

b. hydrogen

c. nitrogen

8. In a carboxylic acid, the functional groups must be attached at the

a. end of the molecule

b. second carbon atom of the molecule

c. third hydrogen atom of the molecule