Polymer Biochemistry

a single unit or molecule

• polymer

• dimer

• monomer

• macromolecule

How many monomers are shown here?

• 1

• 3

• 5

• 7

Large molecules made up of smaller molecules.

• monomer
• polymer
• hydrocarbon
• plastic

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The process that builds molecules by removing water to bind them together is

• Hydrolysis
• Protein Synthesis
• Dehydration Synthesis
• Lysis

The process of adding water in order to break bonds within a polymer....

• Dehydration Synthesis
• Hydrolysis

Proteins are composed of what smaller subunits?

• amino acids
• nucleic acids
• fatty acids
• nucleotides

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NGSS.HS-LS1-6

Starch is composed of what monomers?

• sucrose
• glucose
• nucleic acids
• glycogen

What are the monomers of DNA?

• glycerols
• amino acids
• fatty acids
• nucleotides

Lipids can be digested into what smaller subunits?

• nucleic acids
• amino acids
• fatty acids
• glucose

Building block of ...

• carbohydrates
• proteins
• lipids
• nucleic acids