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Which statement best describes the components of nucleic acids?
They are made up of chains of amino acids.
They are made up of carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen only.
They are made up almost entirely of carbon and hydrogen.
They are made up of nitrogenous bases, sugars, and phosphates.

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They are made up of nitrogenous bases, sugars, and phosphates.

(Nucleic acids—DNA and RNA—are polymers of nucleotides, each containing a sugar, a phosphate group, and a nitrogenous base.)