Question

Which of the following best compares the structure of carbohydrates and nucleic acids?

Answer 1

a.Carbohydrates consist of monomers of carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen, while nucleic acids consist of monomers of a sugar, a phosphate group, and a nitrogenous base.

Carbohydrates have four rings containing carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen, while nucleic acids have subunits containing an amino acid and a phosphate group.

Carbohydrates contain carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen and have a hydrophobic end and a hydrophilic end, while nucleic acids contain a carbon backbone, a side change, and an amino group.

Answer 2

Carbohydrates consist of carbon, hydrogen and oxygen
Nucleic acids consist of sugar phosphate and a nitrogenous base.

Answer 3

Not every carbohydrate has 4 carbon rings so you can cancel option 2

Answer 4

carbohydrates also don't have a hydrophobic and philic end. They have many hydroxyl groups so they are hydrophilic.