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Lesson: Chapter 1 — The Chemical Basis of Life

1.1. Carbohydrates 1 of 15

Question 1

Which three elements make up every carbohydrate?

The right answer is the one marked above.

A carbohydrate is built from carbon (C), hydrogen (H) and oxygen (O) — and nothing else.

Nitrogen is the element that marks out a protein, and sulphur turns up in some proteins too. If you find nitrogen in a molecule, you are no longer looking at a carbohydrate.

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