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Who discovered the monomers of nucleic acids?

A
Phoebus Levene
B
James Watson, Francis Crick, and Rosalind Franklin
C
Friedrich Miescher
D
Gerardus Johannes Mulder and Jöns Jacob Berxelius
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Lipids exhibit different characteristics based on their structures. The image shows different examples of lipids, such as solid butter and liquid canola oil.Photo by NIH/Bill BransonWhich type of bond is found in many carbon-to-carbon bonds in canola oil, but very few carbon-to-carbon bonds in butter?

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A
C–C
B
C=C
C
C=H
D
C–H
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Which describes the basic structure of a fatty acid?

A
a long carbon and hydrogen chain and a phosphate group
B
a long carbon and hydrogen chain and a glycerol
C
a long carbon and hydrogen chain and a carboxyl group
D
a long carbon and hydrogen chain and an alcohol
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Which would best be described as abiotic?

A
water in a stream
B
fish in a stream
C
bacteria in the soil
D
roots in the soil
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Which provides long-term energy storage?

A
glycogen, because it is a polysaccharide
B
glucagon, because it is a complex protein
C
glucose, because it is a monosaccharide
D
cellulose, because it is a complex carbohydrate

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