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You may be referring to organic compounds.
All organic compounds contain carbon but all compounds that contain carbon are not necessarily organic.
A more general term would be carbonaceous.
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What are the compounds that are made of carbon and hydrogen?
They are called Hydrocarbons
What are carbon compounds that are associated with living things called?
Organic compounds.
What are the chemical compounds of fossil fuels what are they called?
They are called hydrocarbons, because they are compounds of hydrogen and carbon
Chemical compounds that contain carbon and hydrogen are called?
Compounds that contain carbon-hydrogen bonding are collectively termed organic compounds. These are simply compounds that would contain hydrogen and carbon elements.
How are elements and compounds connected?
Compounds are made up of two different kinds of elements. An example: Carbon dioxide (CO2) is made up of the elements Carbon and Oxygen.
What are compounds made by living things called?
Organic compounds made by living things are called carbon compounds. This is because carbon is required by all living things to function.
What are the compounds that are made of carbon and hydrogen?
They are called Hydrocarbons
Compounds made of carbon and hydrogen are called?
it is called a Hydrocarbon
The synthesis of organic compounds from carbon dioxide such as in photosynthesis?
The process by which organic compounds are made from carbon dioxide and water and sunlight is called photosynthesis.
Substances that contain carbon and come from living things?
It is called organic compounds (made from living organisms, or used to be). It was only in the nineteenth century when organic compounds could be made in the laboratory from inorganic substances (gas, rocks, minerals, etc.)
Compounds that contain carbon are called what?
Compounds containing carbon are referred to as organic compounds
Compounds made of hydrogen and carbon?
Hydrocarbons. Commonly called fats and oils.
COMPOUNDS MADE UP OF CARBON AND HYDROGEN ATOMS ONLY ARE CALLED?
Hydrocarbons
What are compounds containing no carbon called?
they are called inorganic compounds
What are compounds called that do not have carbon in them?
Inorganic compounds.
Why is it called the organic chemistry or carbon compounds Chemistry?
Organic chemistry is sometimes called carbon compounds chemistry because all of the compounds you look at contain carbon.
What compounds containing carbon?
Every single organic thing contains carbon.
