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Lesson: Chapter 1 — The Chemical Basis of Life

1.0 Introduction 4 of 7

Question 4

What makes a compound an organic compound?

The right answer is the one marked above.

A compound that contains carbon is organic. One that does not is inorganic. That is the whole test — it is about the element present, nothing else.

"It came out of a living thing" is the trap. Water and mineral salts are found in every living body and are firmly inorganic, because there is no carbon in them.

Answer the question to continue.