Chp4-Carbon And Its Compounds

SOLVE THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS IN YOUR WORKSHEET BOOK.

1) Explain the formation of covalent compound: (i) chlorine molecules (ii) carbon tetra chloride (iii)
ammonia.
2) What is meant by double bond or double covalent bond? Give examples.
3) What is triple bond or triple covalent bond? Explain the formation of triple bond giving two
examples.
4) What are the physical properties of carbon compound or covalent compounds?
5) Why is covalent compound generally low melting point?
6) Why are covalent compounds poor conductors of electricity?
7) Why some elements are in molecular form while other are in atomic form?
8) Why does carbon form largest numbers of compounds? Give two reasons.
9) Differentiate between saturated and unsaturated hydrocarbon giving one example each.
10) Why does only carbon exhibit property of catenation and form large number of compounds with
other elements?
11) Write the name of the saturated hydrocarbon having two carbon atom. Also write its chemical
formula.
12) (a) What are hydrocarbons? Give one example. (b) Mention the structural difference between
saturated and unsaturated hydrocarbons. Write two examples each.
13) How are hydrocarbons classified?
14) Name any other elements which like carbon can form compounds which have chains upto seven
or eight atoms. How do these compounds differ from carbon compound?
15) Write the name of saturated hydrocarbon having 3, 4, 5 and 6 carbon joined in a straight chain?
16) Write the molecular formula for an (i) alkene and (ii) alkyne with four carbon atom.
17) Which of the following compounds can have a triple bond? C₂H₄, C₃H₄, C₃H₈.
18) What are the groups, other than hydrogen part, present in carbon compound called?
19) What is meant by the functional group? Give example.
20) Write the general formula for alkenes and alkynes?
21) Select hydrogen which are member of the members of the same homologous series give also
the name of each homologous series you find represented in the following: CH₄, C₂H₂, C₂H₄,
C₂H₆, C₄H₁₀, C₃H₄, C₃H₆.
22) What is the difference in the molecular formula of any two adjacent homologous? (i) in term of
molecular mass. (ii) in term of number of and kind of atoms in their molecules.
23) What is isomerism?