Fatty Acid a Has 10 Double Covalent Bonds Scattered Throughout

question 152

Multiple Choice

Fatty acid A has 10 double covalent bonds scattered throughout its carbon chain while fatty acid B has only single covalent bonds between the carbons in its chain.

• A) Fatty acid A is saturated.
• B) Fatty acid B is unsaturated.
• C) Both fatty acids are saturated.
• D) Both fatty acids are unsaturated.
• E) Fatty acid B is saturated.

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Definitions:

Genes

Units of heredity that carry information from parents to offspring, dictating the development of traits and characteristics.

Nucleotide Base Pairing

The specific hydrogen bonding between adenine and thymine or cytosine and guanine in DNA, fundamental to the structure of DNA and its replication.

Thymine

One of the four nucleobase components of DNA, pairing with adenine (A) in the DNA double helix.

Guanine

One of the four main nucleobases found in the nucleic acids DNA and RNA, known for pairing with cytosine.