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A ____________________ is a long - chain molecule made up of many repeating ____________________ .
The small , reactive ____________________ that react together are called ____________________ .

ADDITION POLYMERISATION
The double bonds in alkenes can ____________________ up and ____________________ together to make long ____________________ . It ? s kind of like they're holding ____________________ in a big line .
This is called ____________________ polymerisation .
Addition polymerisation is characterised by :
- monomers which are ____________________ , e . g . contain a C = C ____________________ bond
- the polymer being the only ____________________ of the reaction
Example : Up to 10000 ethene monomers can ____________________ together to form the ____________________ chains of poly ( ethene ) .

CONDENSATION POLYMERISATION
A reaction where two ____________________ join to form one larger compound and a small ____________________ is released . When the small molecule is ____________________ the reaction is also a dehydration reaction
Monomers contain two different ____________________ groups capable of reacting with each other .
This occurs in two ways :
- the two different functional groups are found within the same ____________________ , as in amino acids ; each amino acid monomer has a - NH2 functional group and a - COOH functional group .
- the two different functional ____________________ are found in two different molecules ; for example , ____________________ 6 , 6 is made from two different monomers - one monomer has two - NH2 functional groups and the other monomer has two - COOH functional groups .