Monomers and Polymers

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• What are monomers and polymers?
• What are some examples of monomers and polymers?
• Explain how monomers and polymers are related.
• How are monomers, polymers and macromolecules related?
• What are the monomers and polymers of carbohydrates?
• What are the polymers of nucleic acids?
• Why is glucose considered a monomer?
• Are polysaccharides, proteins, and triglycerides all formed by condensation reactions?
• What are polymers of nucleotides called?
• If a polymer is made of ten monomers, how many water molecules will be needed to break all the bonds? Why?
• What are the four classes of macromolecules? what are their monomers and functions?
• What is the chemical reaction that joins monomers together?
• What kind of reaction breaks down polymers into monomers?
• What monomers are proteins made of? What is the structure of the monomer that makes up a protein?
• What are the molecules (monomers) that build polysaccharides,proteins and lipids?
• Which molecule is the monomer used to build polypeptides or protein polymers?
• Nucleic acids are made of which monomers?
• How would you describe the chemical reaction that turns monomers into polymers?
• What are the monomers and polymers of protein?
• How would you explain the relationship between monomers and polymers, using polysaccharides as an example?
• When monomers link together, what do they usually form?
• What is the monomeric form and the polymer form for carbohydrates?
• Are macromolecules and polymers the same?
• How are monomers, polymers, and macromolecules related to each other?
• How would you explain the connection between monomers and polymers?
• How are monosaccharides related to monomers and polymers?
• What are the monomers and polymers of enzymes?
• What are polymers and monomers?
• What is the difference between monomers and polymers?
• If the monomer is amino acid, what is the polymer?
• What is a nucleic acid monomer and polymer?
• If the monomer is amino acid, what is the polymer?
• What are four major macromolecules and what is their structure and function?
• Why are all monosaccharides reducing sugars but not all disaccharides?
• What is an non example of both monomers and polymers?
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• What is glycogen made up of?