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18. a molecule contains a sugar, a phosphate group, and a nitrogen base…

Question

  1. a molecule contains a sugar, a phosphate group, and a nitrogen base. what is this monomer? fatty acid carbohydrate nucleotide amino acid

Explanation:

Brief Explanations

A nucleotide is composed of a sugar (either deoxyribose in DNA or ribose in RNA), a phosphate group, and a nitrogen - containing base. Fatty acids are part of lipids. Carbohydrates are made of monosaccharides (simple sugars) without phosphate and nitrogen - base components. Amino acids are the monomers of proteins, which have an amino group, a carboxyl group, and a side chain but not phosphate groups in their basic monomer structure.

Answer:

C. nucleotide