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What are organic compounds that are necessary in small amounts to maintain good health and sustain life?
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What are organic compounds necessary to sustain life and maintain good health called?
vitamins
Is phosphorus in all organic compounds?
No. Most organic compounds do not contain phosphorus. While it is necessary for life, it is only necessary for a few organic compounds.
Explain why most carbon compounds are classified as organic compounds?
Organic compounds are compounds necessary to life, and most macromolecules necessary to life contain carbon.
All organic compounds contain carbon?
All organic compounds DO in fact contain carbon.Carbon has the right characteristics to support large chains, including rings, that are necessary for these organic compounds.
What are organic compounds that store and release large amounts of energy?
Lipids
Is hydrogen necessary along with organic compounds?
If you mean: is it necessary for a compound to include hydrogen atoms to be considered organic, then the answer is no, but it is pretty common.
What are the types of organic compounds that store and release large amounts of energy?
the answer is lipids
Why are organic compounds necessary to nutrition?
These are: proteins, fats, glucides, vitamins,etc.
are living organisms made up of only organic compounds?
Living things are composed primarily of organic compounds but the organic compounds also have lots of hydrogen and oxygen with small amounts of other inorganic elements sulfur, copper, magnesium, etc.
Is a mollusk a heterotroph?
Heterotrophic because it needs to ingest other organisms to produce the necessary organic compounds for life functions. Autotrophs can make their own organic compounds from inorganic compounds which mollusk, such as squids, cannot do.
What are the four organic compounds necessary for life?
lipids, proteins, carbohydrates, nucleic acids
What is polar organic compound?
organic compounds are basically composed of carbon atoms.polar organic compounds are those compounds in which the organic compounds have the properties of polar compounds.
