Question

Many biomolecules are also polymers. Poly - many. Mer - parts. A polymer is a molecule made up of many parts. The image above is a monomer or part of a single part of a common polymer. What is the monomer and polymer?

Answer 1

A monomer is a single unit. While a polymer is monomers linked together. Nucleic acids are polymers because they are long chains of nucleotides which are also monomers. While proteins are polymers because they have long chains of amino acids.