Answer:
The following are the relationship between dehydration reactions and hydrolysis:
1. Dehydration reactions can occur only after hydrolysis.
2. Dehydration reactions ionize water molecules and add hydroxyl groups to polymers while hydrolysis reactions release hydroxyl groups from polymers.
3. Dehydration reactions assemble polymers, and hydrolysis reactions break down polymers.
4. Hydrolysis creates monomers, and dehydration reactions break down polymers.
5. Dehydration reactions eliminate water from lipid membranes, and hydrolysis makes lipid membranes water permeable.
