When you understand the etymologies of scientific terms, they make a lot of sense in relation to the term. The etymologies themselves often serve as a reasonably okay definition for the term.
Here's an example, many scientific terms have Greek or Latin etymologies. Take "archaeology" (for an example) Etymologically, it consists of two Greek words "archaeo" (old, ancient) and "logos" (a word, discourse, or study). Therefore, etymologically "archaeology" means "the study of old/ancient things."
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Some examples:
- the sun
- a flashlight turned on
- a light bulb
- stars
- fireflies
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hooc are carboxyl groups
your r or amino groups are those unique structures which have different atoms in them. your nh2 groups are your hydrogen atoms
