By: Grayson Crawford

Food Organic

Chemistry

Organic compounds are usually based on

hydrogen and carbon.

Though the compounds may contain other elements like nitrogen, phosphorus, or oxygen, all organic molecules are based on a hydrocarbon backbone.

Organic molecules make up a significant portion of your diet, and are found in many foods you eat.

Many of the organic compounds you eat help your cells and tissues happy and healthy.

A type of organic molecule that must be present in your diet is protein.

Proteins are made up of chains of organic molecules, called amino acids.

Almost every substance you take out of a plant or animal is made of mostly carbon atoms.

Over time, organic chemists have learned how to turn plant and animal compounds into many different things.

Chemists use plant and animal compounds to make new compounds that are not found in nature. Even though these substances are not natural, they have something in common with the plant and animal they were trying to make.

When chemists turn one substance into another, they just take apart its molecules and put the atoms back together in a different way. Putting carbon in, taking carbon out.

Organic chemists also know how to synthesize a lot of natural plant and animal compounds from nonliving materials.

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What are organic compounds made up of?

Hydrogen and Carbon

A. Lithium and CarbonB. Hydrogen and CarbonC. Zinc and hydrogenD. Magnesium and Helium

What other elements can the compounds contain?

All of the Above

A. OxygenB. Nitrogen C. PhosphorousD. All the Above

What is an important molecule that your body needs?

Protein

A. H2OB. ProteinC. OxygenD. CO2

What are proteins made up of?

Amino Acids

A. Amino AcidsB. LipidsC. GassesD. Mangnesium

Why couldn’t the people who read the cats book put it down?

It as made of helium!

A. It was so goodB. It was so heavyC. It was made of heliumD. It was made of nitrogen

http://www.rsc.org/Membership/Networking/InterestGroups/OrganicDivision/organic-chemistry-case-studies/organic-chemistry-food-production.asp

http://www.livestrong.com/article/337974-organic-compounds-that-must-be-in-the-diet/

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