Question

Elements of Carbohydrates Many chemical reactions take place inside cells. Organisms are constantly breaking apart
molecules and using the atoms to create other molecules. One of the classes of molecules found in living organisms is carbohydrates.

This is a molecule of glucose, a simple carbohydrate. If this molecule were broken down, would it provide all of the elements needed to assemble lipids, nucleic acids, or proteins?
Use evidence from the diagram in your answer.

This my answers but write it in a 7th graders response In 3 sentences.

Answer 1

The diagram of glucose shows only carbon (C), hydrogen (H), and oxygen (O) atoms. Because lipids are made mostly of C, H, and O, broken-down glucose could supply atoms to build lipids. But proteins need nitrogen (and sometimes sulfur) and nucleic acids need nitrogen and phosphorus, and those elements are not shown in the glucose diagram, so glucose can’t provide everything for proteins or nucleic acids.