What is an example of a monomer and polymer pair?

Answer 1

Monomers are the starting units for making Polymers. For eg: Polyethylene is synthesized by addition polymerisation technique to form Polyethylene.

Many monomers join together to form a large macromolecule called as polymer.

Answer 2

Monomers are single units while polymers are monomers linked together. So withpolysaccharides being polymers or monomers linked together, then think of a single monomer of sugar such as maltose. When you link a bunch of maltose together then they form a polysaccharide polymer of sugars. Glycogen is an example of a polymer of sugars. Glycogen is the body method of sugar storage in your liver and muscle tissue.

Answer 3

The smaller units, or monomers, join together to form polymers.

Answer 4

A polymer is composed of many monomers.

You can use a necklace of pearls as an analogy: the necklace is the polymer, the pearls are the monomers.

Answer 5

Monomers chemically combine to form polymers. For example, monosaccharides are the monomers that form polysaccharides, and amino acids are the monomers that form polypeptides.

Answer 6

protein - aminoacid

DNA - nucleotide

polysacharide - monosacharide

Answer 7

Monomers are the basic units that make up polymers. Polymers are chains of many monomers joined together.

Answer 8

triglyceride and phospholipid bilayer