Question

What is a polymer?

• A. A crystalline structure made of many small crystals.
• B. A large molecule made out of many repeating subunits.
• C. A macromolecule made from organic molecules.
• D. None of these

Answer 1

The correct option is B A large molecule made out of many repeating subunits.

A polymer is a large molecule made out of several individual repeating units called monomers. They may be natural, semi-synthetic or completely man made from other chemicals. Polymers have a wide variety of uses in the current world. Plastic is the most abundantly used polymer.