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Macromolecules are complex molecules with a relatively large … mass.
molecular
Examples of biological macromolecules include proteins, some carbohydrates and …
lipids
Polymers are group of …
macromolecules
Most carbohydrates and all proteins are …
polymers
Polymers are large, complex molecules composed of long chains of … joined together.
monomers
Monomers are small, basic molecular …
units
Examples of monomers include monosaccharides and … …
amino acids
Most biological polymers are formed from their monomers by … reactions.
condensation
A condensation reaction forms a chemical bond between …, releasing a molecule of water.
monomers
Biological polymers can be broken down into monomers by … reactions.
hydrolysis
A hydrolysis reaction breaks the chemical bond between monomers using a … molecule. It’s basically the opposite of a condensation reaction.
water
Nucleic acids are also …
polymers
Nucleic acid’s monomers are called …
nucleotides
… aren’t classed as polymers because they do not consit of repeating units (monomers)
lipids
A ___________ reaction removes one molecule of water, but a hydrolysis reaction adds one molecule of water.
condensation
