Question

What is a polymer? Name the natural polymer of which cotton is made.

Answer 1

Polymers:
It is derived from Greek word; 'poly' means many and 'mer' means parts. So when many small units called as monomers are joined together to form a large unit, it is called polymer.
Cotton is a natural polymer which is made up of cellulose, this makes the cotton fibres to twist into threads and then weave into cloth.

A Polymer is a very large organic molecule made up from many smaller molecules joined together. The small molecules are known as monomers and most polymers are made up of one or two different types of monomer.

Cotton is made up of the natural polymer Cellulose which is made up of large monomers of Glucose.