AP BIOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -The joining of two or more different organic molecules leads to the formation of organic compounds. These are also referred to as macromolecules.

Detailed explanation-2: -polymerization, any process in which relatively small molecules, called monomers, combine chemically to produce a very large chainlike or network molecule, called a polymer.

Detailed explanation-3: -All macromolecules also contain the elements hydrogen and oxygen. Some macromolecules contain the elements nitrogen, phosphorus, and sulfur. Together, these are the six elements most commonly found in living organisms. You can remember them with the acronym CHNOPS.

Detailed explanation-4: -Biological macromolecules generally are polymers, (poly = many; mer = unit), formed by joining monomers, or single molecules, together in a long chain. They are formed by the process of polymerization.