A How Many Hydrogen Atoms Are Present in a Hydrocarbon

question 3

Multiple Choice

A How many hydrogen atoms are present in a hydrocarbon chain of five carbons joined to each other by single covalent bonds?

• A)6
• B)8
• C)10
• D)12

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Definitions:

Spatial Perspective Taking

The cognitive ability to understand and interpret the spatial relations between objects from different viewpoints.

Mental Modules

Hypothesized innate mental faculties that receive inputs from particular classes of objects and produce corresponding information about the world.

Precausal Reasoning

A type of logic in young children characterized by a misunderstanding of cause and effect relationships.

Egocentrism

In Piaget’s terms, the tendency to “center on oneself”—that is, to consider the world entirely in terms of one’s own point of view.