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Organic compounds are made from:

A. oxygen, carbon, and hydrogen
B. carbon and hydrogen
C. carbon and oxygen
D. carbon only

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The answer would be A. Remember your organic compounds are carbohydrates, proteins, lipids and nucleic acids. All of these contain oxygen, carbon and hydrogen.

Carbohydrates- carbon, hydrogen, oxygen

Lipids- carbon, hydrogen, oxygen

Proteins- carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, nitrogen

Nucleic acids- carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, nitrogen, phosphorus

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