polymers

A polymer is a chain of repeating units called

• monomers

• dimers

• replicatants

• triglycerides

A polymer made in the laboratory (or industry) usually made from petrochemicals

• nature polymer

• natural polymer

• protein

• synthetic polymer

Once formed, it can be heated and reformed over and over again

• thermoset

• thermoplastic

• elastomer

• kevlar

Proteins are composed of what smaller subunits?

• amino acids
• nucleic acids
• fatty acids
• nucleotides

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS1-1

Starch is composed of what monomers?

• sucrose
• glucose
• nucleic acids
• glycogen

Define polymer

• circular molecule made with many repeating units

• short molecule made of a few repeating units

• long, chain-like molecule made of repeating units

• chain-like molecule that contains hydrogen and oxygen

What kind of chemical bonds create polymers?

• ionic

• covalent

• hydrogen

• metallic

What is the basic unit of an addition polymer?

• Any saturated monomer

• An ethylene that may have attached subgroups

• An ethyne based monomer

• ethane

Does polyethylene have double bonds? Does the monomer?

• Yes, and yes for the monomer

• No, and yes for the monomer

• Yes, and no for the monomer

• No, and no for the monomer

What does PVC stand for?

• Poly Vinyl Chemical

• Poly Vinyl Carbide

• Poly Vinyl Chloride

• Poly Vinyl Carbonate