How are monomers, polymers, and macromolecules related to each other?

Answer 1

Monomer is a word made of two parts, mono means one, and mer means unit, so monomers are the building units of the polymers.Poly means many. Macromolecules are big molecules , macro means big, opposite to micro which is small. Macromolecules are polymers.
Macromolecules in biology refers to the major categories of molecules that make the cell which are the proteins, carbohydrates, lipids and nucleic acids.

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Answer 2

Vivian Aronson

Monomers are small molecules that can join together to form larger molecules called polymers. Polymers are made up of many repeating units of monomers. Macromolecules are large molecules composed of polymers. Therefore, monomers are the building blocks of polymers, and polymers are the building blocks of macromolecules.

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