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Studying Tips??? I'm desperate!!!?
I have this Biology test tomorrow and I'm having trouble remembering some of the definitions for the terms. Is there a way that can help me remember?
Terms are like:
-lipid
-protein
-carbohydrate
-monosaccharide
-disaccharide
-polysaccharide
-monomer
-polymer
-amino acid
-peptide bond
-enzyme
-DNA
-RNA
-nucleotide
-macromolecule
-hydrolysis reaction
etc..........There are quite a few more..........
2 Answers
- 1 decade agoFavorite Answer
It helps if you know the Latin or Greek roots of the words. For example, "macromolecule" is a combination of "macro" (meaning "big") and "molecule", so a macromolecule is a molecule that's big compared to other molecules. "Monomer" and "polymer": "mono" means one and "poly" means many, a polymer is a molecule put together of many pieces.
Words with similar Latin or Greek roots also have similar meanings. "Lipid," for example, has the same root as "liposuction", which is a surgery that sucks fat from people's bodies. Lipo... suction. Sucking of lipids (fats). "Polysaccharide": "poly" means many, "saccharide" sounds like "saccharin", a sugar substitute. The root "-sacchar-" means sugar. So a polysaccharide is a sugar made up of many sugar molecules.
- 1 decade ago
Do you anything about roots, prefixes, and suffixes?
Like monosaccharide.
Mono- means one, and a monosaccaride consists of one sugar, so its simple, and easy to break down.
Get it?
