AP BIOLOGY

BIOCHEMISTRY

ORGANIC COMPOUNDS

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Which is not a chemical element needed to build sugars?
A
Carbon
B
Oxygen
C
Nitrogen
D
Hydrogen
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Answer. All carbohydrates, including sugar, therefore contain the same three elements: carbon, hydrogen and oxygen.

Detailed explanation-2: -The white stuff we know as sugar is sucrose, a molecule composed of 12 atoms of carbon, 22 atoms of hydrogen, and 11 atoms of oxygen (C12H22O11). Like all compounds made from these three elements, sugar is a carbohydrate.

Detailed explanation-3: -Sugar is a compound which contains carbon, hydrogen, nitrogen and oxygen atoms. No worries!

Detailed explanation-4: -As we all know nitrogen is not present in the sugar compound. All the other compounds like carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen are present in the sugar compound.

Detailed explanation-5: -Sugar is a compound that is formed by a combination of three atoms: carbon, hydrogen and oxygen. Since these three atoms are chemically joined with each other thus they form a compound in nature.

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