Question

Monomers that each contain a 5-carbon sugar, a phosphate group, and a nitrogenous base combine and form which type of polymer?

A. Amino acid
B. Carboxylic acid
C. Nucleic acid
D. Fatty acid ​

Answer 1

The correct answer is C. Nucleic acid

Step-by-step explanation:

Nucleic acids are biological polymers which play an important role in the storage and expresion of genetic information. There are two types of nucleic acids: deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) and ribonucleic acid (RNA). Both are basically composed of:

- a 5-carbon sugar: deoxyribose in DNA and ribose in RNA

- phosphate group

- a nitrogenous base: adenine, cytosine, guanine and thymine in DNA; while RNA contains adenine, cytosine, guanine and uracil.