Question

____________ are cellular macromolecules containing hydrogen, oxygen, nitrogen, carbon and phosphorous.

Answer 1

B. Nucleic Acids
Only Nucleic Acids contain phosphorus

Answer 2

Answer:

The correct answer is option B, Nucleic acid.

Explanation:

A nucleic acid is made of chain of structural repeating units called nucleotide. Each nucleotide consists of  nitrogen atom attached to a pentose ( five carbon) sugar which is further attached to a phosphate group. A sugar is nothing but a macro molecule that is made up of carbohydrates consisting of carbon, hydrogen and oxygen.  

Thus, it can be said that a nucleic acid is made up of  

a) Carbon,  

b) Nitrogen,  

c) Hydrogen  

d) Oxygen and

e) Phosphorus