Monomers and polymers

• what are monomers?

  the small repeating units which are the components of larger molecules
• give 3 examples of monomers?

  amino acids

  nucleotides

  glucose
• what are polymers?

  molecules made from many monomers joined together
• How are monomers joined?

  Monomers are joined in a chemical bond in a condensation reaction whereby a water molecule is eliminated
• What is hydrolysis?

  the opposite of a condensation reaction and is when water is added to break a chemical bond between two molecules