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The repeating unit of cellulose is?

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Are compounds that have repeating subunits?

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Is polysacharide a polymer?

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Long chain-like molecule made of repeating units?

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Which macromolecules are made repeating small units?

Thrse molecules are called polymers.


Polymers are large organic molecules that are made up of?

False, polymers are molecules made from repeating units of identical or nearly identical compounds called monomers that are linked together by a series of covalent bonds.


What do you call the identical building blocks or units structures that make up polymers?

Strictly speaking the answer is "mers" - repeating units. Polymers are made from monomers though and this is an acceptable answer.