10
QuizMultiple Choice

Proteins and Nucleic Acids

Question 10 • GA-GSE Biology A

Which statement best distinguishes plants and animals as they relate to amino acids?

Answer
A
Plants can synthesize all twenty amino acids. Humans must eat plants or animals to obtain some of these amino acids.
B
Plants can synthesize all twenty amino acids. Humans must eat plants to obtain all of these amino acids.
C
Plants can only synthesize ten amino acids. Humans synthesize the other ten amino acids.
D
Plants and humans both synthesize all twenty amino acids. Humans must supplement a few of these by eating animals.