Alkanol - a hydrocarbon that contains hydroxyl group but do not contain double bond or triple bond
Alkaoic acid - a hydrocarbon that contains carboxyl group but do not contain double bond or triple bond
Alkene - a hydrocarbon that has one or more double bonds between the carbon atoms
Ball-and-stick model - a molecular model that uses balls as atoms and sticks as bonds
Carboxyl group - the functional group —COOH
Condensed structural formula - a method emphasizing groups of atoms in a compound
Functional group - an atom, or a group of atoms, which determines most of the properties of a compound
General formula - molecular formula of a class of compounds represented by n
Homologous series - a family of compounds containing the same functional group
Hydroxyl group - the functional group —OH
Molecular model - a model that can show the exact molecular structure and shape
Preffix - words that are placed before a stem of words
Saturated hydrocarbon - a hydrocarbon in which all the carbon atoms are connected to each other by single bonds
Skeletal formula - a method showing only how the carbon atoms in a compound are bonded
Space-filling model - a molecular model that fill the space of atoms as spheres
Structural formula - a method showing how the atoms in a compound are linked together
Suffix - words that are placed after a stem of words
Unsaturated hydrocarbon - a hydrocarbon that has one or more double or triple bonds between the carbon atoms