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Then I reminded you that carbohydrate literally means the
Water of Carbon and if we took a water molecule, broke it apart we got an -H and an -OH, for each carbon I had you add it's "water" |
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The question was really asking which of the following are carbon based molecules. The four main organic biomolecules we are made up of are lipids, carbohydrates, proteins and nucleic acids. |
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For this question we spend a while talking about the answer choices. A is just wrong, Carbon is not Trivalent (which means it has 3 valence electrons), B is a correct statement but does not answer the question. C not only is an incorrect statement, even if it WAS true, that also does not answer the question. D speaks to the nature of Carbon and its ability to form bonds (4 in fact) with other atoms. |
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First I had you build the basic ring structure with 5 of the carbons and an oxygen. |
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You then added the extra carbon to form the functional group |
Remember the term
Carbohydrate literally means the hydrate (water) of carbon, so if you tore a water molecule apart into OH and H, added it to each carbon you would be almost at a glucose molecule!!!
\And then you built the entire molecule!
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