Monomers and Polymers

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Monomers
The single sub-units, or building blocks, of life.
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Examples of Monomers:
Amino acids, Nucleotides and Monosaccharides.
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Examples of polymers:
Proteins, Starch and DNA.
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Polymers
Complex molecules that are formed by combining monomers using covalent bonds.
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Fructose is a ________
Monomer. Fructose is an example of a monosaccharide - it is found in fruit.
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Enzymes are a ________
Polmer. They are made up of polypeptide chains.
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Polymers are formed by combining monomers using ________ bonds. Examples of polymers include polysaccharides and DNA.
covalent
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Card 2

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Amino acids, Nucleotides and Monosaccharides.

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Examples of Monomers:

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Proteins, Starch and DNA.

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Card 4

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Complex molecules that are formed by combining monomers using covalent bonds.

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Card 5

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Monomer. Fructose is an example of a monosaccharide - it is found in fruit.

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