polymerisation

What is a polymer?

• a very light material that is highly flammable

• a fossil fuel

• a large molecule made from many monomers joined together

• a molecule made up of only polar bonds

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What type of a bond keeps polymer chains together?

• James Bond

• Polar bond

• Ionic bond

• Covalent bond

What is Polyethene made from?

• Ethene

• Ethane

• Propane

• Propene

What is addition polymerization?

• When monomers are added together to form a polymer

• When polymers link with eachother to form megapolymers

• When a polymer is heated and bonds between monomers break

• When a polymer does things polymers do

If some of the atoms of the monomers are released into small molecules (such as H2O), we call this _____.

• addition polymerization
• terminal polymerization
• initiation polymerization
• condensation polymerization

What is the partial structure of the polymer formed by the polymerisation of propene, CH3CH=CH2?

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A polymer made in the laboratory (or industry) usually made from petrochemicals

• nature polymer

• natural polymer

• protein

• synthetic polymer

a polymer that is usually made by living things

• nature polymer

• natural polymer

• protein

• synthetic polymer

Which type of polymerisation uses two different monomers, both contain a functional group at each end?

• addition polymerisation

• condensation polymerisation

Proteins are composed of what smaller subunits?

• amino acids
• nucleic acids
• fatty acids
• nucleotides

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