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 5th graders response In 3 sentences.

Answer 1

Look at the glucose diagram — it only has carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen atoms (C, H, O). That means glucose could help build lipids because lipids are mostly made of C, H, and O. But proteins need nitrogen and nucleic acids need nitrogen and phosphorus, and glucose does not have N or P, so it can’t make those by itself.