Item BF005008: The subunits that proteins are made up of are amino acids.
Proteins are made up of which of the following subunits?
- Fatty acids
- Amino acids
- Simple sugars
- Carbon dioxide
- Distribution of Responses
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- Students Responding Correctly
Group | Correct | Total | Percent |
---|---|---|---|
Overall | 6151 | 11137 | 55% |
Grades | |||
6–8 | 3192 | 6863 | 47% |
9–12 | 2938 | 4237 | 69% |
Gender | |||
Male | 3025 | 5403 | 56% |
Female | 3021 | 5534 | 55% |
Primary Language | |||
English | 5570 | 9939 | 56% |
Other | 435 | 933 | 47% |
- Disciplinary Core Ideas
- LS1.C Within individual organisms, food moves through a series of chemical reactions in which it is broken down and rearranged to form new molecules, to support growth, or to release energy.
- NRC Framework
- HS LS1.C The sugar molecules...contain carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen; their hydrocarbon backbones are used to make amino acids and other carbon-based molecules that can be assembled into larger molecules (such as proteins or DNA), used for example to form new cells.