Question
What do amino acids? Fatty acids and sugars have in common one. They are made of carbon oxygen and hydrogen 2. They are all used to make proteins 3. They're all used to store energy 4. They are all produced during photosynthesis
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The correct answer is **1. They are made of carbon, oxygen, and hydrogen**.
Amino acids, fatty acids, and sugars are all organic molecules composed primarily of carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen atoms. However, while amino acids specifically contribute to protein structure, fatty acids are primarily used for energy storage and structural components in membranes, and sugars serve primarily as energy sources and structural components in cells. Therefore, option 2 is not correct.
Option 3 is partially correct: fatty acids and sugars are indeed used to store energy, but amino acids primarily serve as building blocks for proteins, not for energy storage.
Option 4 is incorrect as not all of these molecules are produced during photosynthesis; amino acids, for example, can be synthesized in various ways by organisms, while fatty acids can be derived from carbohydrate metabolism and other means.
Thus, the commonality among them is their elemental composition of carbon, oxygen, and hydrogen.
Amino acids, fatty acids, and sugars are all organic molecules composed primarily of carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen atoms. However, while amino acids specifically contribute to protein structure, fatty acids are primarily used for energy storage and structural components in membranes, and sugars serve primarily as energy sources and structural components in cells. Therefore, option 2 is not correct.
Option 3 is partially correct: fatty acids and sugars are indeed used to store energy, but amino acids primarily serve as building blocks for proteins, not for energy storage.
Option 4 is incorrect as not all of these molecules are produced during photosynthesis; amino acids, for example, can be synthesized in various ways by organisms, while fatty acids can be derived from carbohydrate metabolism and other means.
Thus, the commonality among them is their elemental composition of carbon, oxygen, and hydrogen.