Chapter 4: Carbon and the Diversity of Life - Understand the role of valence in carbon allows for it to form various biological structures - Explain the difference between hydrocarbons and other organac molecules - Deseribe the seven majos functional groups (common functional groups of osgaric molecules) that are most important to the processes of life o describe the basic structure of each functional group and outline the chemical properties of the organic mokcules in which they ocaur (ope lecture for details) - Distinguich betwoen the three typos of isomeris ensintiomeny. itructural ingmers, seometric (cin-trans) isomers.