C11

Question 1

What is a polymer?

Answer 1

A substance made of long repeating molecules

Question 2

What is Addition polymerisation

Answer 2

Reaction where unsaturated monomers join together to make a polymer as the only products

Question 3

What is a monomer?

Answer 3

Small reactive molecules that react in repeating sequences to form a polymer

Question 4

What is a condensation polymer?

Answer 4

The reaction where two monomers of different functional group joins together to form a polymer and a small molecule.

Question 5

What is a protein?

Answer 5

Polymers made from different amino acid monomers

Question 6

What is a nucleotide?

Answer 6

A monomer which makes up DNA. Nucleotides are based on the sugar deoxyribose backbone of the double helix, bonded to the phosphate group an base.

Question 7

What are the four bases in DNA and how many hydrogen bonds do they each have?

Answer 7

Thymine - 2
Adenine - 2
Cytosine - 3
Guanine - 3