Monomers and polymers.

• Monomers are small units which are the components of larger molecules
• What are examples of monomers?

  Glucose, amino acids and nucleotides.
• Polymers are molecules made from monomers joined together
• A condensation reaction is a reaction which joins monomers by chemical bonds and it involves the elimination of a water

  molecule
• Hydrolysis is the opposite of condensation and it’s when water is added to break a

  chemical bond between two molecules.