Question

Which of the following shows an incorrect digestion of a molecule into its components?A. Fat digested into fatty acids and glycerolB. Carbohydrates digested into glucoseC. Protein digested into amino acidsD. Sugar digested into nucleic acids

Answer 1

Introduction to Biology: Biomolecules: Carbohydrates, proteins, lipids, nucleic acids.

The macromolecules such as nucleic acids, carbohydrates, and proteins can form polymers, which means that there is a chain of multiple basic units or monomers.

Proteins are chains of amino acids, nucleic acids are made of nucleotides, and the simplest carbohydrates are monosaccharides such as glucose or galactore.

On the other hand, lipids are very diverse hydrocarbons and include fatty acids, sterols, waxes, phospholipids, monoglycerides, diglycerides, and triglycerides.

Of the options, the one with an incorrect digestion is D, because a sugar or carbohydrate is not made of nucleic acids.

This means D. Sugar digested into nucleic acids would be the correct answer.