Question 5 • CMS 2026-2027 Biology CREDIT RECOVERY
Glucose is a compound because it contains more than one element: carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen. One glucose molecule has 6 carbon atoms, 12 hydrogen atoms, and 6 oxygen atoms, for a total of 24 atoms, so the statement that it is a compound made of twenty-four total atoms is correct.
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