Question

What elements are found in carbohydrates?

what elements are found in carbohydrates?
A. carbon, hydrogen,oxygen in a 1:2:1 ratio
B. Carbon hydrogen oxygen (with many more carbon and hydrogen atoms than oxygen atoms)

Answer 1

Carbohydrates are organic compounds that are organized as ring structures and are always composed of the elements carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen. Carbohydrates are truly hydrates of carbon because the ratio of hydrogen atoms to oxygen atoms is always nearly 2:1, as in H2O. They also have many functions.

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