Which of the following best compares the structure of carbohydrates and nucleic acids?

ACarbohydrates consist of monomers of carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen, while nucleic acids consist of monomers of a sugar, a phosphate group, and a nitrogenous base.

BCarbohydrates have four rings containing carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen, while nucleic acids have subunits containing an amino acid and a phosphate group.

CCarbohydrates contain carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen and have a hydrophobic end and a hydrophilic end, while nucleic acids contain a carbon backbone, a side change, and an amino group.

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The most appropriate answer is A.   Both carbohydrate and nucleic acids are polymers with Carbohydrate being a long chain of repeated monomers of carbon, oxygen and hydrogen bonded while the nucleic acid is made up of repeating structures of sugar, phosphate and nitrogenous base groups.