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Question
monosaccharides are the building blocks of what type of organic compound?
a nucleic acids
b proteins
c carbohydrates
d lipids
Brief Explanations
Monosaccharides are simple sugars. Carbohydrates are made up of monosaccharides or polymers of monosaccharides like disaccharides (two - monosaccharide units) and polysaccharides (many monosaccharide units). Nucleic acids are made of nucleotides, proteins are made of amino - acids, and lipids are a diverse group not composed of monosaccharides.
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c. Carbohydrates