Approximately how many carbon atoms might be linked together in a polymer molecule?
Five
Fifty
Ten thousand
What monomer would be used to make the polymer poly(propene)
Propane
Propene
Ethene
What would be the name of the polymer made from many phenylethene monomers joined together?
Poly(phenylethene)
Poly(phenylethane)
Poly(tetrafluoroethene)
What feature of alkene molecules allows them to act as monomers?
The C=C bond
The presence of carbon atoms
The presence of hydrogen atoms
Chloroethene is CH2=CHCl. What is the formula of the repeating unit of poly(chloroethene)?
[CH2=CHCl]
[CH2-CHCl]
[CH-CCl]
What type of reaction produces poly(ethene) from ethene?
Addition
Condensation
Substitution
What are the monomers that form DNA?
Amino acids
Sugars
Nucleotides
What forms in a condensation polymerisation reaction?
Polymers only
Small molecules only
Polymers and small molecules
What type of polymer forms from a monomer containing -COOH groups and a monomer containing -OH groups? - Higher
Polyamide
Polyester
Polythene
What conditions are needed to make nylon? - Higher
High temperature and a catalyst
Room temperature and a catalyst
Room temperature without a catalyst