Monomers and Polymers — Role & Importance
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- What Is a Polymer? A monomer is the smallest individual unit that can combine with other monomers to form polymers. A polymer is a large molecule that is composed of many repeat…
By Aaron Lauer, Deena Hauze, Alex Federspiel, Mario Janakis, Caroline K
- The Importance of Monomers A monomer is a compound that is able to form longer chains of itself. You can think of them as Legos. If you stack them, you can form a long chain. Th…
By Deena Hauze, Alex Federspiel, Mario Janakis, Valeri Natole
- Monomers and Polymers (Macromolecules) Much of our focus in biology is on giant molecules like proteins, carbohydrates, lipids (fats), and nucleic acids. These are referred to a…
By Hannah Bonville, Alex Federspiel, Mario Janakis, Caroline K
- (Video) Monomers and Polymers by sciencemusicvideos How does your body make all of those proteins it uses to function? The answer is by putting small molecules and compounds, ca…
By Valeri Natole, Mario Janakis
Problems 22
- Polymers can be visualized as: Image Sources: A: By Evan-Amos (Own work) CC0, via Wikimedia Commons B: By Evan-Amos (Own work) CC0, via Wikimedia Commons C: Image source: By Ope…
- Which of the choices below is the monomer in this scenario?
- Based on the information above, what is the polymer in this scenario?
- Which of the choices above correctly displays a monomer--polymer pair?
- Which macromolecule is depicted above?
- Which macromolecule is depicted above?
- In the structure of amylose pictured above, what would be considered the monomer?
- If we consider DNA to be a polymer, which of the following options is the monomer?
- What elements are found in all of the four classes of macromolecules?
- What is the name of the process used to link together monomers?
- What type of reaction happens when monomers stick together to form a long chain of molecules?
- Which of the following statements about macromolecules is true?
- What type(s) of reaction is the formation of polyethylene? *Select all that apply
- All biological macromolecules form from what?
- What do the prefixes mono- and poly- mean?
- What are the long chains of bonded molecules that make up a macromolecule?
- Cellulose, shown above, is a biological molecule made of glucose monomers. What does the n on the bottom right of the brackets mean?
- Carefully study the chemical reaction shown above. Which of the following options describe this reaction?
- Lipids are a type of biological polymer. What is the monomer that makes up the lipid polymer?
- Based on what we know about monomers and polymers, what is a polysaccharide?
- Our bodies attain usable energy from breaking apart C-H bonds. Which molecule would produce the most amount of energy?
- Select the polymers from the list below