Vocabulary - Polymers

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STUDENT RESOURCE 8.1
INFORMATION SHEET
monomer a small molecule that joins
polymer a large molecule made from
other small molecules to make a polymer
chemical reactions between many small
Proteins are made up of small
molecules
molecules called amino acids. Amino
means “many.” When many
acids are the monomers that make up
monomers react with each other, they
proteins. Sometimes you can tell the
form a polymer. A polymer can contain
name of the monomer from the name
just a few monomer units, or it can
of the polymer formed. For example,
contain tens of thousands of them.
poly
(used in plastic bags and
Carbohydrates such as cellulose and
plastic wrap) is a polymer formed from
starch are polymers of certain sugars,
ethylene monomers.
which are monomers.
CHEMISTRY • SECTION 8 POLYMERS

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