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Summary AQA BIOLOGICAL MOLECULES AS LEVEL
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Every subtopic in the biological molecules topic linked to the aqa specification and using markschemes to do so.
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There four maintypes of biological molecule which found all
are are in
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Most
carbohydrates proteins and nucleic acids are
polymers
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Examples monomers , amino acids .
used make
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GCSE Chemistry
:
Condensation polymerisation reactions are to polymers .
Polymers can be broken down into monomers
by hydrolysis reactions .
Carbohydrates
Monosaccharides
carbohydates contain the elements Carbon , Hydrogen and
Oxygen .
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Carbohydrate is a polymer made from monomers called monosaccharides , like
glucose fructose
,
and galactose ③ Call of them are
.
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1- Fructose
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