[OLD] Biological Molecules - Polymers

Question 1

What are polymers made up of?

Answer 1

smaller molecules called monomers that are bonded to each other

Question 2

Which monomers make up polypeptides/proteins?

Answer 2

amino acids

Question 3

what bonds are used between amino acids to make up proteins?

Answer 3

peptide bonds

Question 4

Which monomers make up polysaccharides/sugars?

Answer 4

monosaccharides

Question 5

which bonds are used between monosaccharides to make up sugars?

Answer 5

glycosidic bonds

Question 6

which monomers make up nucleic acids?

Answer 6

nucleotides

Question 7

which bonds are used between nucleotides to make up nucleic acids?

Answer 7

phosphodiester bonds

Question 8

why are triglycerides/lipids not technically polymers?

Answer 8

they consist of fatty acids and glycerol - 2 different molecules, therefore not monomers.

Question 9

what is metabolism?

Answer 9

all the chemical reactions going on in the body at one time

Question 10

what are anabolic reactions?

Answer 10

building molecules up

Question 11

what are catabolic reactions?

Answer 11

breaking molecules down

Question 12

what do condensation reactions do?

Answer 12

join monomers together, producing water as a byproduct

Question 13

what do hydrolysis reactions do?

Answer 13

break polymers into their monomers, taking in water as a reagent