Science Chapter 7

What do diamond, graphite, and fullerenes have in common?

How would you notice the presence of esters in a fruit such as a pineapple or banana?

Starches and cellulose are both complex carbohydrates. How does your body handle these compounds differently?

Our bodies cannot breakdown cellulose, however they can with starches. When this happens, energy is obtained.

Compare and contrast the fatty acids in fats that are solid room temperature with fatty acids in oils that are liquids.

Saturated fats have higher melting points than unsaturated fats. Oils are unsaturated fatty acids. Fats that are solid have many saturated fatty acids.

How would you notice the presence of esters in a fruit such as a pineapple or banana?

They have a pleasant fruity smell to them.

What happens to the electrons when one carbon atom forms a single bond with another carbon atoms?

a carbon atom's ability to form bonds with atoms of many different elements. In compounds, carbon atoms always share four pairs of electrons in four covalent bonds. This means that one carbon atom can form single bonds with up to four other atoms.