C11 | Polymers Key facts Test | (Triple GCSE) AQA

Heya! These are key facts in Polymers that I personally found hard that I wanted to review. Expect to find Key facts on C11 - Triple Biology 9-1 spec. Hope you find them useful :) 

Resources I used to make these cards are from the Oxford AQA revision guide and @Freesciencelessons on youtube:

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What is a monomer?
The small molecules used to make polymers
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What is the reaction to make polymers called?
Polymerisation
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What is a key feature of Addition Polymers?
All monomers are usually the same Alkenes
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(Higher) What reacts to form a Condensation polymer?
A Diol and a dicarboxylic acid
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(Higher) What is a Diol?
An alchohol containing two -OH groups
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(Higher) What is a Dicarboxylic acid?
a carboxylic acid containing two -COOH groups
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(Higher) What products are given when making a condensation polymerisation?
The condensation polymer + a small molecule (often water)
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(Higher) In a condensation polymerisation, the monomers link by _____ _____
In a condensation polymerisation, the monomers link by ESTER LINKS
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Addition polymerisation of ethene monomers form...
poly(ethene)
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(Higher) Condensation polymerisation of an ethanediol and hexanedioic acid forms....
a polyester and water
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What is a monosacchardie?
Made of one sugar unit , Glucose is an example
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How are polysaccharides made?
When monosaccharides sugars act as monomers to make polymers
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Name 2 polymers fromed from glucose
starch polymers (+ water) & Cellulose polymers (+water)
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(Higher) What do the structure of all amino acids have in common?
They both have 2 functional groups in one molecule
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(Higher) What is the good thing about this structure?
The already 2 required functional groups are there to produce a condensation polymer.
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(Higher) What are the names of the functional groups in Glycine?
Basic AMINE group (-NH2) & Carboxylic acid group (-COOH)
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(Higher) What is a polymer of only glycine molecules called? and why?
A POLYPEPTIDE, and it is because polymer is made up of one type of amino acid
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(Higher) Different amino acids in the same polymer chain is called what?
A protein
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What does DNA stand for?
deoxyribonucleic acid
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DNA has _ polymer chains made up of ________ called ___________
DNA has 2 polymer chains made up of MONOMERS called NUCLEOTIDES
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How do the 2 polymer chains in DNA arranged?
In Double Helix
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What is the reaction to make polymers called?

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Polymerisation

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What is a key feature of Addition Polymers?

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Card 4

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(Higher) What reacts to form a Condensation polymer?

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Card 5

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(Higher) What is a Diol?

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