Chapter 3-5 Student Chemistry Worksheet - Class X, Central Board Of Secondary Education Page 21

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Formative Assessment Manual for Teachers
Carbon and its Compounds - Chapter 4
Student Worksheet
Time : 10 min
Kunal got a fact sheet about carbon atom which has stormed his brain with many questions.
Atomic number of carbon is 6.
It is tetravalent in nature that is why one carbon atom combines with 4 Hydrogen atom
to form methane.
It can neither give electron or take electron to form a compound.
It has a versetile nature and form many hydrocarbon like alkanes alkenes, alkynes,
alcohol, carboxylic acid.
The chemical properties of hydrocarbon , are determined by the functional group
present in it.
Few of the questions are listed below can you help him with the answers . Try it
Q1. What is the electronic configuration of carbon?
Q2. Carbon is tetravalent in nature. What does it mean ?
Q3. What is the valance of carbon in ethane?
Q4. Carbon neither gives electron or takes electron then how does it complete its octet and
what is the type of bond to formed.
Q5. What is a hydrocarbon?
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