Chemistry 0620 · IGCSE · Polymers

Polymers — practice question

Polymers are giant molecules formed from many smaller molecules.
(a)[1]

State the term used for the small molecules that polymers are made from.

(b(i))[2]

Draw the structure of the small molecule that this polymer is made from. Show every atom and every bond.

(b(ii))[1]

State the type of polymerisation that was used to make this polymer.

(c(i))[1]

Name the kind of natural polymer formed when amino acids combine.

(c(ii))[3]

Complete the diagram to show part of the structure of the natural polymer formed when these three amino acids combine. Show every bond in the linkages.

(c(iii))[1]

Name the type of chemical reaction that occurs when this natural polymer is changed back into amino acids.

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