Consider the following types of compounds:
(i) amino acid
(ii) nitrogen- containing organic base
(iii) phosphoric acid
(iv) five- carbon sugar
Which of the above compounds are the monomers of nucleic acids, called nucleotides?

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Nucleotides are composed of three components: a nitrogen-containing organic base, a five-carbon sugar, and a phosphoric acid. Therefore, choices (ii), (iii), and (iv) are all components of nucleotides. Amino acids are the monomers of proteins, not nucleotides.

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