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Polymers for science
polymer stuff
Question | Answer |
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large molecule that forms when many smaller molecules are linked together by covalent bonds | polymer |
smaller molecules that join together to form a polymer | monomer |
four types of polymers produced in plant and animal cells | starches, cellulose, nucleic acids and proteins |
simple sugars, more complex sugars such as sucrose and polymers built from sugar monomers | carbohydrates |
large nitrogen-containing polymers found mainly in the nuclei of cells | nucleic acids |
2 types of nucleic acids | RNA and DNA |
monomers in a nucleic acid | nucleotides |
compound that contains both carboxyl and amino functional groups in the same molecule | amino acid |
polymer in which at least 20 amino acid monomers are linked through bonds between an amino group and a carboxyl group | protein |