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Which of the following combinations of terms best describes the polymerization of propene to form polypropylene?

Provide the IUPAC name of the monomer(s) used to prepare the following polymer.  

What is the name given to polymers that soften when heated and harden when cooled?

Give the characteristics of a D-sugar.

Bonus question When an optically active D-aldopentose was subjected to Kiliani-Fischer synthesis, followed by NaBH4 / H2O, it produced a mixture of an optically active and an optically inactive alditol. When the same D-aldopentose was subjected to Wohl degradation followed by HNO3, it produced an optically inactive aldaric acid. Provide the name of this D-aldopentose.

Bonus question When an optically active D-aldopentose was subjected to Kiliani-Fischer synthesis, followed by NaBH4 / H2O, it produced a mixture of an optically active and an optically inactive alditol. When the same D-aldopentose was subjected to Wohl degradation followed by HNO3, it produced an optically inactive aldaric acid. Provide the name of this D-aldopentose.

Which carbon in the following carbohydrate is the anomeric carbon?

What is the name given to polymers that soften when heated and harden when cooled?

Which of the following is used as an initiator in cationic polymerization?

What is the Fischer projection of the monosaccharide from which the following glycoside was prepared?