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Indicate Whether the Statements Below Are TRUE or FALSE

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Indicate whether the statements below are TRUE or FALSE.If a statement is false, explain why it is false.

Premises:

Responses:

The presence of double bonds in the hydrocarbon tail of a fatty acid does not greatly influence its structure.

True

A disaccharide consists of a sugar covalently linked to another molecule such as an amino acid or a nucleotide.

False

The hydroxyl groups on monosaccharides are reaction hot spots and can be replaced by other functional groups to produce derivatives of the original sugar.

Premises:

The presence of double bonds in the hydrocarbon tail of a fatty acid does not greatly influence its structure.

A disaccharide consists of a sugar covalently linked to another molecule such as an amino acid or a nucleotide.

The hydroxyl groups on monosaccharides are reaction hot spots and can be replaced by other functional groups to produce derivatives of the original sugar.

Responses:

True

False

Correct Answer:

Premises:

Responses:

The presence of double bonds in the hydrocarbon tail of a fatty acid does not greatly influence its structure.

A disaccharide consists of a sugar covalently linked to another molecule such as an amino acid or a nucleotide.

The hydroxyl groups on monosaccharides are reaction hot spots and can be replaced by other functional groups to produce derivatives of the original sugar.