Question

1. Explain how dehydration synthesis and
hydrolysis are related.
2. How do the components of sugar
molecules combine to form proteins and
other larger carbon-based molecules?

(In short sentences like 1-2 sentences)

Answer 1

1. Dehydration synthesis and hydrolysis are opposite reactions: dehydration synthesis joins monomers by removing a water molecule, while hydrolysis breaks polymers into monomers by adding water.
2. Small carbon-based monomers (monosaccharides, amino acids, nucleotides) link by dehydration synthesis to form covalent bonds (glycosidic, peptide, phosphodiester) and build polysaccharides, proteins, and other large biomolecules.