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the building blocks of nucleic acid molecules are called ______
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nucleotides
amino acids
polysaccharides
dna and rna
Brief Explanations
Nucleic acids like DNA and RNA are polymers made up of repeating units called nucleotides. A nucleotide consists of a nitrogen - containing base, a five - carbon sugar, and a phosphate group. Amino acids are the building blocks of proteins, polysaccharides are complex carbohydrates made of monosaccharides, and DNA and RNA are types of nucleic acids, not their building blocks.
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A. nucleotides