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Carbon: Hydrocarbons
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Definition
CxHy ex) CH4
All fossil fuels (gasoline), plastics, wax
Organic |
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Carbon: Calcium Carbonate
Give the chemical formula, location or comment, and if it is organic or inorganic. |
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Definition
CaCO3
In the shells of shellfish
ex) a snail shell
Inorganic |
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Carbon: Carbon Dioxide
Give the chemical formula, location or comment, and if it is organic or inorganic. |
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Definition
CO2
Air, dissolved in oceans
*reactant in photosynthesis
Inorganic- no Hydrogen |
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Carbon: Simple sugars
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Definition
CxH2xOx ex) C6H12O6 -glucose, is a product of photosynthesis
Organic- has Carbon and Hydrogen |
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Carbon and Nitrogen: Amino Acids [Proteins}
Give the chemical formula, location or comment, and if it is organic or inorganic. |
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Definition
CaHqNxOyS2
Combine to make different proteins
-animals are mostly protein
Organic-has Carbon and Hydrogen |
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Nitrogen: Nitrites/ Nitrates
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Definition
NO3/NO2
In soil and water
-made by nitrifying bacteria
-plants, taken up or algae from water
INORGANIC |
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Nitrogn: Atmospheric nitrogen
Give the chemical formula, location or comment, and if it is organic or inorganic. |
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Definition
N2
In the ir
-released by denitrofying bacteria
Inorganic |
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Nitrogen: Ammonia
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Definition
NH3
-soil,water and in old urine
-made by NITROFYING Bacteria
-taken up by NITROFYING baceria
Inorganic |
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Phosphorous: Phosphate Ions
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Definition
[PO4]
dissolves in water
Inorganic |
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Phosphorous: Phosphate groups
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Definition
(molecule)->PO4
Bonded to a larger molecule
ex) DNA, ATP, fossils, some rocks/sediments, bones and teeth
(also find Nitrogen in DNA)
Organic |
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