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What is the name of the organ system that is responsible for the chemical breakdown of polymers into monomers?
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Digestive system
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Chemical reactions that breakdown chemicals are called what?
Catabolic reactions breakdown polymers into monomers. Enzymes in our body essentially aid in that process. Polymers cannot be absorbed into the cells so it has to be broken down into simpler units.
What mean polymerise?
Polymers are chemical substances which are made up from smaller units, called monomers. The reaction of joining these monomers to form this larger unit is called polymerisation. (monomers polymerise into polymers). The subunits, or polymers, are typical of the chemical substances. For example, the monomers of proteins are amino acids, monomers of carbohydrates are monosaccharides, monomers of nucleic acids are nucleotides. The reaction itself, by what these monomers are joining together, is a dehydration or condensation reaction.
How are monomers related to polymers.?
Monomers are the building blocks of polymers.
What are Monomers of large macromolecules assembled during a chemical reaction called?
Polymers
Are polymers formed by chemical changes?
yes, they have chemical bonds therefore chemical change is used
What type of chemical reaction occurs when polymers are broken apart by water?
Hydrolysis. Polymers are broken down into monomers in a process known as hydrolysis
What is he chemical mechanism by which cells make polymers from monomers?
Dehydradtion reactions cause cells to make polymers from monomers.
What is the difference between polymers and monomers?
What is the difference between monomers and polymers?
What is the term for the chemical reaction that joins the monomers of polymers together?
Dehydration synthesis or condensation
Which is smaller polymers or monomers?
Monomers.
What do monomers and polymers have to do with photosynthesis?
Monomers come together to form polymers through dehydration condensation and polymers split apart from monomers through hydrolysis.
What is the term for the building block of polymers?
Monomers
