Monomers & Polymers

Practice: Which of the following statements concerning dehydration reactions and hydrolysis is correct?

a) Dehydration reactions allow solutions to evaporate; hydrolysis reactions dissolve solutes.

b) Dehydration reactions and hydrolysis reactions assemble polymers from monomers.

c) Hydrolysis reactions create polymers from monomers; and dehydration reactions create monomers from polymers.

d) Dehydration reactions create polymers from monomers; hydrolysis reactions break down polymers.

Practice: _________ bonds are formed between monomers to form a polymer. 

a) Ionic bonds.

b) Covalent bonds.

c) Hydrogen bonds.

d) Hydrophobic bonds.

e).  Nuclear bonds.