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Consumer Chemistry
Quarter 1 – Module 1:
Properties of Organic and
Inorganic Compounds
Consumer Chemistry – Grade 9
Alternative Delivery Mode
Quarter 1 – Module 1: Properties of Organic and Inorganic Compounds
First Edition, 2020

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Consumer Chemistry
Quarter 1 – Module 1:
Properties of Organic and
Inorganic Compounds
Introductory Message
For the facilitator:

Welcome to the Consumer Chemistry – Grade 9 Alternative Delivery Mode

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 What I Need to Know

This module in Consumer Chemistry was written and designed for the Grade
9 students under the Science, Technology and Engineering (STE) program in
response to the continuity plan of the Department of Education to bring you
learnings at the comfort of your home amidst the COVID-19 pandemic.

At the end of this module, you are expected to learn the following:

1. distinguish between organic and inorganic compounds;

2. compare properties of organic and inorganic compounds;
3. understand how our bodies need and use each of the molecules of life.

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What I Know

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 Lesson
Properties of Organic and
1 Inorganic Compounds
Chemists classify compounds in different ways. During the latter part of the
eighteenth century, and the early part of the nineteenth century, chemists began to
categorize compounds into two types: organic and inorganic. Organic compounds are
obtained from living matters, while inorganic compounds are obtained from mineral
constituents of the earth.

Later, chemists have learned to synthesize organic compounds. Friedrich

Wohler, a German chemist, proved that organic compounds can be synthesized from
inorganic compounds, when he obtained urea (a component of urine) by heating two
aqueous solution of inorganic compounds— ammonium chloride and silver cyanate.
Thus, our definition for organic compounds are compounds containing hydrogen and
carbon and all other elements like oxygen, nitrogen, and sulfur. Inorganic
compounds are compounds that do not contain carbon except for a few that do
contain carbon like oxides of carbon, carbonates, and a metal with carbon.

What’s In

For your activity, follow the given instructions:

1. Determine whether each given compound belongs to organic or inorganic

category in the table. Write them in the proper columns.
2. Write the chemical formula of each sample in the table.
3. Use a periodic table if symbols are unfamiliar.
4. Write what you noticed about your arrangement of organic and inorganic
compounds

Chemical Chemical
Organic Inorganic
Composition Composition

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 Notes to the Teacher
This module allows the learners to distinguish organic and
inorganic compounds that we are using in our daily lives.

What’s New

Graphic Organizer:

Make a Venn diagram using the following descriptors:

Salt, NaCl Must contain Found in living

carbon organisms
Acetone,
C3 H 6 O May or may not Contains carbon
contain carbon and hydrogen
Sometimes
contain Na, O
or Ca but
Sometimes contains N, O, P and S with C
without C

Note: A Venn Diagram is used to identify similarities and differences. It enables to

see the relationship between two or three sets of items.

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 What is It

Perform the Activity

SUGAR and SALT

Objectives:

Compare the properties of salt and sugar.

Materials:
salt sugar distilled water 2 glasses
Spoon alcohol lamp conductivity apparatus matches

Procedure:

1. Identify the physical state of salt and sugar.

2. Fill two glasses with ½ cup of water, then add 1 tablespoon of salt in the
first glass and sugar in the other. Stir and observe what happens.
3. With the supervision of your guardian, get a pinch of salt and heat it using
a spoon on the flame for about 2 minutes. Do the same with a pinch of
sugar. Observe what happens.
4. Using an improvised conductivity apparatus, test the conductivity of the
compound by dipping the electrodes on the samples.
5. Record your answers on the table below.

Data and Results:

Properties Salt Sugar

Physical States
Appearance
Solubility in Water
Flammability
Melting Point (L/H)
Conductivity
Composition
Type of Compound

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Guide Questions:

1. Did the two samples dissolve in water? ___________

2. What happened to the samples when they were placed over a flame?
___________________________________________________________________
3. How would you determine if the sample conducts electricity?
___________________________________________________________________
4. How would you know that a sample contains carbon?
________________________________________________________________________
5. How would you compare sugar from salt?
__________________________________________________________________

Conclusion:

I therefore conclude that both sugar and salt are ___________, ___________ in
color, _______________ in water. Salt is __________________ while sugar is
________________, using a conductivity apparatus. When heated salt
_______________________ while sugar _________________. Salt is __________________
compound and sugar is_______________ compound.

Organic compounds differ in inorganic compounds in many ways.

Properties Organic Inorganic

Physical States gas, liquid, low melting solids
(Room Temperature) solids
Melting Point tend to be low tend to be very high
Solubility in Water often low often high
Flammability often flammable non-flammable
Conductivity in Aqueous non-conductor conductor
Solution
Bonding covalent Ionic
Examples fats, nucleic acids, non-metals, salts, metals,
sugars, enzymes, acids, bases, and
proteins, and substances which are
hydrocarbon fuels made from single
elements

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 What’s More

Rearrange the jumbled letters to form a word that is defined by the given statement
in each item.

1. ARTSEDHACROBY sugar or long chains of sugar which is used to

store energy
2. TALS when dissolved in water, dissociates into cations
and anions
3. DIPLIS are molecules such as fats, oils, and waxes which
are used for long-term energy storage
4. CIDA a substance that breaks apart or dissociates into
one or more hydrogen ions when it dissolves in
water
5. CECILUN SADIC long chains of nucleotides which are made of
sugar, nitrogen-containing base, and a phosphate
group
6. SABE usually dissociates into one or more hydroxide
ions when it dissolves in water
7. PINTORES are made up of amino acids which is needed to
build proteins

Organic and inorganic compounds plays an important role for the body’s
structure and function. Inorganic compounds essential to life are water, salts, acids,
and bases. Our body is composed of as much as 70% of water, which is contained
both within the cells and between the cells that make up tissues and organs. Salts
act as important electrolytes in the body. It helps in fluid balance, nerve
transmission, and muscle function. Acids and bases, like salt, dissociates in water
into electrolytes which maintains the balance in our body.

There are four types of organic compounds which make up the molecules of
life. Carbohydrates in the forms of sugar, provide short term energy. Carbohydrates
have a general chemical formula Cx(H2O)y where x and y are whole numbers that
differ depending on the specific carbohydrate. It is the most abundant of all the four
types of organic compounds. Plants manufacture these carbohydrates through the
process called photosynthesis. Animals obtain carbohydrates by eating foods.
Animals break down carbohydrates during the process of metabolism to release
energy.

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 Lipids, in the form of fats and oils on the otherhand, provide long term energy.
Lipids are heterogenous group of compounds associated to fatty acids. They are water
in soluble organic molecules that can be extracted from cells and tissues by non-
polar solvents. Lipids are naturally existing compounds and have a wide frange of
uses such as source of fuel, protective coat and component of membranes of every
living cell.

Proteins build and repair cells. It is the most abundant of all organic
substances in the cell. They are generally large, complex molecules that are required
in different aspects of cell structure and function. Amino acids make up proteins. It
is classified into non-essential or dispensable amino acids and essential or
indispensable amino acids. Non-essential amino acids are those amino acids which
the body can synthesize. Essential amino acids are those which the body cannot
synthesize and thus must be supplied to the body from the diet.

Nucleic acids, DNA, and RNA store hereditary information. Nucleic acids are
are very large, complex molecules, first isolated by Friedrich Meischer from the nuclei
of human pus cells which he named nuclein. This was changed to nucleic acid
because of their acidity and their location in the cells’s nucleus. There are two types
of nucleic acids: deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) and ribonucleic acid (RNA). DNA makes
up the chromosomes within the cell’s nucleus and is the main repository for the
genetic information of the cell. RNA is present both in the nucleus and cytoplasm
and functions for protein sysnthesis.

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 What I Have Learned

COMPOUNDS

ORGANIC INORGANIC

 Contains
 Does not
carbon
contain carbon
 Covalent
 Ionic
 Nonconductor
 Conductor
 Gas, liquid, low
 solids
melting solids

carbohydrates water

lipids acid

proteins base

Nucleic acids salt

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 What I Can Do

Identify the type of compound (Organic/Inorganic) and the major properties

(salt, acid, base, protein, lipid, nucleic acid or carbohydrates) of each substance
below.

MATTER CLASS PROPERTIES

1. Sodium hydroxide
2. Potassium chloride
3. RNA
4. Milk
5. Caramel
6. Hair
7. Margarine
8. Corn oil
9. DNA
10. Hydrochloric acid

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 Assessment

Multiple Choice: Choose the letter of the best answer.

1. What is the fundamental difference between organic and inorganic

compounds?
a. Organic contains carbon; inorganic does not.
b. Organic is natural; inorganic is man-made.
c. Organic is liquid or gas; inorganic is solid.
d. Organic are complex molecules; inorganic are simple molecules.
2. Which of the following compounds is inorganic?
a. Carbon dioxide (CO2)
b. Ethane (C2H6)
c. Glucose (C6H12O6)
d. Stearic acid (C18H36O2)
3. What are nails made of?
a. Inorganic: base
b. Inorganic: salt
c. Organic: protein
d. Organic: lipids
4. The following are properties of inorganic compounds except:
a. flammable
b. ionic
c. Nonconductor
d. Solid
5. In general, organic compounds are compounds that contain carbon;
however, there are many exceptions. Which of the following compounds is
most likely an organic?
a. Carbonic acid
b. hydrogen cyanide
c. Plastic
d. Sodium carbonate
6. Organic compound is different from inorganic compound through the
presence of:
a. boron atom
b. carbon atom
c. iodine atom
d. sodium atom

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 7. Which of the following compounds is organic?
a. CH4
b. CO2
c. KCl
d. Na2CO3
8. What are the four major categories of organic compounds?
a. Acids, Bases, Nucleic acid and Polysaccharides
b. Carbohydrates, Lipids, Nucleic acids and Proteins
c. Carbon, Hydrogen, Nitrogen and Oxygen
d. Chlorine, Fluorine, Iodine, Sulfur
9. Salt added to water makes a bulb light. Which property is being described?
a. conductivity
b. flammability
c. melting point
d. solubility
10. Which of the following chemicals is an inorganic compound?
a. Mefenamic acid (C15H15NO2)
b. Octane (C8H18)
c. Paracetamol (C8H9NO2
d. Phosphotungstic acid (H3PW12O40)
11. Which of the following is true about inorganic compounds?
a. Inorganic compounds are often flammable
b. Inorganic compounds contain carbon and support life.
c. Inorganic compounds tend to be minerals which does not contain
carbon-hydrogen bonds
d. Inorganic compounds are usually covalently linked to atoms of other
elements
12. It is the type of bond that holds inorganic compounds.
a. Hydrogen bond
b. Ionic bond
c. Nonpolar covalent bond
d. Polar covalent bond
13. Which of the following statements is FALSE?
a. Over 7 million organic compounds have been characterized
b. Org- in the term organic compound refers to living organism
c. Most but not all compounds found in living organisms are organic
compounds
d. Chemist now believe that a special “vital force” is needed to form an
organic compound
14. What type of organic compound is DNA?
a. Carbohydrates
b. Lipids
c. Nucleic acid
d. Proteins

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15. Which of the four organic compounds essential to human functioning helps
in building and repairing body cells?
a. Carbohydrates
b. Lipids
c. Nucleic acid
d. Proteins

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 Additional Activities

Look for five (5) different materials that can be found at home then write your
answers on the table.

Materials Does it Properties Type of compound Organic or

come from (A/B/S/C/P/L/NA) inorganic
a living
thing? (Yes
or No)

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What is It:
PROPERTIES SALT SUGAR
What’s More: Physical Solid Solid
states
Assessment: 1. carbohydra Appearance White White
tes Solubility Soluble Soluble
1. A 6. B 11. C 2. salt Flammability Not Flammable
2. A 7. A 12. B 3. lipids flammable
3. C 8. B 13. D 4. acid Melting point Low High
4. A 9. A 14. C 5. nucleic acid Conductivity Conductor Nonconductor
5. C 10. D 15. D 6. base Composition NaCl C12H22O11
7. proteins Type of Inorganic Organic
Compound
What’s New:
What I Can Do:
MATTER CLASS PROPERTIES
NaOH Inorganic Base
KCl Inorganic Acid
RNA organic Nucleic acid
Milk organic Proteins
Caramel organic Carbohydrates
Hair organic Proteins
Margarine organic Lipids
Corn Oil organic Lipids
DNA organic Nucleic acid
HCl Inorganic acid
What’s In: What I Know:
Organic Chemical inorganic Chemical
Composition Composition
Pearl CaCO3 Salt NaCl
Paper C6H10O5 Diamond C
Soap RCOO-Na Water H 2O
sugar C12H22O11 iron Fe
Answer Key
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