What are six most abundant elements in living things?

Answer 1

Carbon, Hydrogen, Nitrogen, Oxygen, Phosphorus, and Sulfur.

If you can't think of them, just think logically. Carbon, Hydrogen, and Oxygen are basically givens (think fats and proteins), and Nitrogen's also huge in living things. Phospholipid bilayers, phosphorus, yes? And sulfur... I don't quite know about that one, but there must be something that it's involved in too. xD Just remember CHNOPS and have an atomic elements table ready if you can't think of them from that.

But this leads to much debate, arguing sulfur vs. calcium, this that, etc. I think these changes are accounting completely different living molecules, whether they're counting just humans, all living things, different compounds common in living things, or the like.

Lesson is, u should just ask your teacher about the specifics and you won't get it wrong that way.