Question

You work for a company that manufactures food products. a new "wonder food" contains only carbon, oxygen, and hydrogen. at this point, your research can say with certainty that the food ______
a. includes proteins.
b. includes nucleic acids.
c. could only be made of triglycerides.
d. could only be made of carbohydrates.
e. does not include proteins or nucleic acids.

Answer 1

Answer:

d

Explanation:

The correct answer would be that the food could only be made of carbohydrates.

Proteins contain other elements such as nitrogen and sulfur in addition to carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen while nucleic acids and triglycerides contain phosphorus in addition to carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen.

The only chemical substance that contains carbon, oxygen and hydrogen is carbohydrates.

Correct option: d