Condensation polymers

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Front (Question)

Polymers are made from smaller molecules called..

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Monomers

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What is a monomer?

Back (Answer)

Small molecules that join together to make a polymer

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What is a diol?

Back (Answer)

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

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What is a dicarboxylic acid?

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A compound with a carboxylic acid group at either end

Front (Question)

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

Back (Answer)

polyester

Front (Question)

What is a condensation polymer

Back (Answer)

A polymer that releases a water molecule when it is formed

Front (Question)

What is an amino acid

Back (Answer)

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

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What is a polypeptide

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A polymer formed from amino acid monomers

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What is the formula for the amino acid glycine?

Back (Answer)

H2NCH2COOH

#10

Front (Question)

What is DNA

Back (Answer)

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

#11

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Describe the helix structure of DNA

Back (Answer)

A helix of a double strand of DNA

#12

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

Back (Answer)

C,G, A,T

#13

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What monomers made up a protein (polypeptide)?

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amino acids

#14

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What polymers make up starch?

Back (Answer)

Glucose

#15

Front (Question)

What polymers make up cellulose?

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Glucose