Monomers and polymers

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What are monomers?

Smaller simpler single units that make up larger molecules (polymers)

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What are examples of monomers?

  • Amino acids

  • Monosaccharides

  • Nucleotides


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What are polymers?

Larger more complex molecules formed from many repeating units of monomers joined together by chemical bonds

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What are examples of polymers ?

  • Starch

  • Proteins

  • DNA


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What are condensation reactions?

Reaction between the functional groups on 2 separate monomers to form a chemical bond between the monomers with the expulsion of a molecule of water

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What are hydrolysis reactions?

Reactions that use the input of a water molecule to break the chemical bond between 2 separate monomers and release the separate monomers