Answer
e.
Work Step by Step
Both ribose and glucose are simple sugars or monosaccharides. Simple sugars are the most basic of all carbohydrates and consist of two or more hydroxyl groups and a carbonyl group attached to a five- or six-carbon ring. Sucrose is a disaccharide consisting of two monosaccharides (glucose and fructose) bonded together. Starch is a polysaccharide composed of chains of glucose molecules.