Tina is studying about polymers and was very surprised to know that everything is made up of polymers. So she started checking out the polymers of natural fibres, so what could be her result in the case of cotton?

Glucose

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Ester

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Sucrose

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Cellulose

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Solution

The correct option is D
Cellulose

When many small units combine to form a large unit, a polymer is formed. Similarly, cotton is a polymer of cellulose, while, cellulose is made up of a large number of glucose units.

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