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Carbon. All organic chemicals contain carbon.
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The most common element in living things?
Carbon
What element is the most common element found in living things?
The most common element found in all living things is not, as you would think, oxygen. It is carbon an can be found in every living organism. That is why organic material gives of Carbon and Oxygen as it rots or burns.
Which element is the most abundant in living things?
The element that is most abundant in living things is carbon. The other five elements that are most abundant in living things are hydrogen, nitrogen, oxygen, phosphorus and sulfur.
What is the second most common element in most species?
Generally, living things are made of "C.H.O.N." which stands for carbon, hydrogen, oxygen and nitrogen
What is the important element to most living things?
oxygen
Which element is found in large amounts in both solid parts of the earth and living matter?
Hydrogen, Oxygen, Carbon, and Nitrogen and the most common in living things.
Which element is found in large amounts in both solids parts of earth and living matter?
Hydrogen, Oxygen, Carbon, and Nitrogen and the most common in living things.
Which element is found in large amounts in the both solid parts of earth and living matter?
Hydrogen, Oxygen, Carbon, and Nitrogen and the most common in living things.
What is the basis of most molecules that make up living things?
The element that is the basis for most living things is Carbon. Carbon is an element found in all life on Earth.
What element is needed for most living things and is needed to make most fuels burn?
That is the element, "Oxygen".
What element is the most important of living things?
water or H2O
Which element is explosive very light but found in most living things?
hydrogen
