Which Statement Is True

question 211

Multiple Choice

Which statement is true?

• A)In 1900 most Americans lived on farms.
• B)Our nation's industrial base was largely destroyed by World War I.
• C)John D. Rockefeller controlled the U.S. automobile industry during the first two decades of the 20th century.
• D)Andrew Carnegie was the leading steel producer in the U.S. in 1900.

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Definitions:

Simple Sugar

Small carbohydrate molecules that serve as a source of energy and building blocks for more complex carbohydrates, such as glucose and fructose.

Deoxyribose

A sugar component of DNA, having one less oxygen atom than ribose, the sugar component of RNA.

Monosaccharide

The simplest form of carbohydrates, consisting of a single sugar molecule such as glucose or fructose.

Polysaccharide

A complex carbohydrate composed of long chains of monosaccharide units bound together by glycosidic linkages, serving various structural and energy storage roles in living organisms.