Question

D. Identify the building blocks of the following types of biological molecules: (4 points)

i. Carbohydrate (2 points)

ii. Nucleic acid (2 points)

Answer 1

i. monosaccharides

ii. nucleotides

Step-by-step explanation:

Bio Molecule Building Blocks

i. The building blocks of carbohydrates are monosaccharides, which are simple sugars. Examples of monosaccharides include glucose, fructose, and galactose. Monosaccharides can join together through a condensation reaction to form disaccharides, such as sucrose and lactose, and polysaccharides, such as starch and cellulose.

ii. The building blocks of nucleic acids are nucleotides. A nucleotide is made up of a sugar molecule (either ribose or deoxyribose), a phosphate group, and a nitrogenous base. There are four types of nitrogenous bases: adenine, guanine, cytosine, and thymine (in DNA) or uracil (in RNA). Nucleotides join together through phosphodiester bonds to form polynucleotide chains, which make up the backbone of nucleic acids.

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