complete the table to compare these structures.
monosaccharide nucleotide
is a building block of cellulose
contains carbon
contains a nitrogenous base

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# Brief Explanations:
- Cellulose is a polysaccharide made up of glucose (a monosaccharide) units. So, monosaccharide is a building block of cellulose.
- Both monosaccharides (e.g., glucose $C_6H_{12}O_6$) and nucleotides (which have a sugar - part of the nucleotide structure, a phosphate group, and a nitrogenous base, and the sugar has carbon) contain carbon.
- Monosaccharides do not have nitrogenous bases. Nucleotides have nitrogenous bases (such as adenine, thymine, cytosine, guanine, uracil).

# Answer:
|  | Monosaccharide | Nucleotide |
|--|--|--|
| Is a building block of cellulose | $ \text{Yes} $ | $ \text{No} $ |
| Contains carbon | $ \text{Yes} $ | $ \text{Yes} $ |
| Contains a nitrogenous base | $ \text{No} $ | $ \text{Yes} $ |

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	Monosaccharide	Nucleotide
Contains carbon	\( \text{Yes} \)	\( \text{Yes} \)
Contains a nitrogenous base	\( \text{No} \)	\( \text{Yes} \)