Condensation polymers

Question 1

Polymers are made from smaller molecules called..

Answer 1

Monomers

Question 2

What is a monomer?

Answer 2

Small molecules that join together to make a polymer

Question 3

What is a diol?

Answer 3

A compounds with an alcohol (OH) group at either end

Question 4

What is a dicarboxylic acid?

Answer 4

A compound with a carboxylic acid group at either end

Question 5

What type of polymer is formed from a diol and a dicarboyxlic acid?

Answer 5

polyester

Question 6

What is a condensation polymer

Answer 6

A polymer that releases a water molecule when it is formed

Question 7

What is an amino acid

Answer 7

A compound with an amine group and a carboxylic acid group at either end

Question 8

What is a polypeptide

Answer 8

A polymer formed from amino acid monomers

Question 9

What is the formula for the amino acid glycine?

Answer 9

H₂NCH₂COOH

Question 10

What is DNA

Answer 10

A large molecule that encodes information for the functioning of living organisms and viruses

Question 11

Describe the helix structure of DNA

Answer 11

A helix of a double strand of DNA

Question 12

Give the 4 letters that represent the 4 monomers that DNA is made from

Answer 12

C,G, A,T

Question 13

What monomers made up a protein (polypeptide)?

Answer 13

amino acids

Question 14

What polymers make up starch?

Answer 14

Glucose

Question 15

What polymers make up cellulose?

Answer 15

Glucose