Properties of Carbon Worksheet
Explore the unique properties of carbon, its atomic structure, and its importance in organic chemistry and living organisms for 7th-grade science.
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Read each question carefully and answer to the best of your ability. Use complete sentences for short answer questions.
1. How many valence electrons does a carbon atom typically have?
2
4
6
8
2. What type of bonds does carbon typically form with other atoms?
Ionic bonds
Metallic bonds
Covalent bonds
Hydrogen bonds
3. Carbon is unique because it can form long chains and rings with other carbon atoms, a property called .
4. All living things on Earth are primarily made of compounds.
5. Carbon can only form single bonds.
True
False
6. Diamonds and graphite are both forms of pure carbon.
True
False
7. Explain why carbon is considered the 'backbone' of organic molecules.
Use the words below to complete the sentences.
8. Carbon's ability to form four bonds makes it .
9. Different structural forms of the same element, like diamond and graphite, are called .
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