Chapter 5

Question 1

What is required for the synthesis and breakdown polymers?

Answer 1

Enzymes

Question 2

For the synthesis and breakdown of polymers, what is required for disassembling?

Answer 2

Hydrolysis reaction

Question 3

A chemical process in which a molecule of water is added to a substance.

Answer 3

Hydrolysis

Question 4

The synthesis and breakdown of polymers involves a _______ reaction or a _______ reaction

Answer 4

condensation reaction, dehydration reaction

Question 5

The diversity of polymers: by arrangement, the particular ______ sequence that the units follow

Answer 5

linear

Question 6

What causes the diversity of polymers?

Answer 6

the particular linear sequence that the units follow

Question 7

a substance that has a molecular structure consisting chiefly or entirely of a large number of similar units bonded together, e.g., many synthetic organic materials used as plastics and resins.

Answer 7

polymers

Question 8

A dehydration reaction ______ a polymer

Answer 8

synthesizes (creates a larger polymer)

Question 9

A hydrolysis reaction is used to ______ a polymer

Answer 9

break down

Question 10

The addition of H20 to a polymer will ______ a bond and also break down the ____ into a short polymer and unlinked monomer

Answer 10

break; polymer

Question 11

You have a short polymer and an unlinked polymer. You add a H20 molecule. What will form? What reaction is this?

Answer 11

a longer polymer will be synthesized; longer polymer

Question 12

Carbohydrates serve as what two things?

Answer 12

fuel, building materials