IF TRUE OR FALSE 1.  Carbon-carbon bonds are strong. This makes long chains of carbon atoms impossible 2. Carbon and hydrogen have similar electronegativities. Thus, they are both considered nonpolar. 3. It was initially thought that non-living matters can synthesize organic compounds and the decay products are from inorganic compounds. 4. Most of the organic compounds are molecular in compounds. 5. Inorganic compounds are mostly low in polarity because they are nearly nonpolar. 6. A pi bond is a covalent bond formed by overlapping orbitals with their electron density concentrated below the plane of the nuclei.

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1.  Carbon-carbon bonds are strong. This makes long chains of carbon atoms impossible
2. Carbon and hydrogen have similar electronegativities. Thus, they are both considered nonpolar.

3. It was initially thought that non-living matters can synthesize organic compounds and the decay products are from inorganic compounds.
4. Most of the organic compounds are molecular in compounds.
5. Inorganic compounds are mostly low in polarity because they are nearly nonpolar.
6. A pi bond is a covalent bond formed by overlapping orbitals with their electron density concentrated below the plane of the nuclei.
7. Acetylene molecule contains a carbon-carbon triple bond.

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