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Lesson: Chapter 1 — The Chemical Basis of Life

1.1. Carbohydrates 2 of 15

Question 2

In a carbohydrate, hydrogen and oxygen are always combined in which ratio?

The right answer is the one marked above.

Hydrogen to oxygen is always 2 : 1 — two hydrogen atoms for every one oxygen atom, exactly as they are in water.

That is where the name comes from: carbon plus hydrate. Glucose is C6H12O6 — 12 hydrogen, 6 oxygen, and 12 : 6 is 2 : 1.

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