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Carbon is the essential component of all organic compounds.
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Is silica is organic?
Yes, which is why it reacts so little with the human body.
What is the percent carbon in a giraffe?
Given that giraffes and human beings are both mammals the compositions of the bodies of the two species might not be all that different. The human body is 18% carbon by mass, and 12% of the atoms in a human body are carbon atoms. There is some variation between people owing to levels of body conditioning, hydration, health and so on. This would apply to giraffes as well.
How important the carbon in the human body?
Carbon has a property to form a chain. This unique property of carbon gives it upper hand. So you have organic versus non-organic chemistry. There can be variety of chemicals with carbon only. So life without carbon is impossible.
Why are there more nonmetals than metals in the human body?
Human body is organic in nature. Organic compounds are formed mostly of carbon, nitrogen, oxygen and hydrogen. So you have these elements in your body in very high proportion.
How did the Egyptians learned so much about the human body?
see the part of the body in the periond
What does weed do to the human body?
Makes it feel so much better
Why do you have so much body hair?
Your hair is made out of dead cells. It is the way of the human body.
How did the ancient egyptians learn so much about the human body?
see the part of the body in the periond
What is the human body mostly made of a carbon oxygen nitrogen and hydrogen b oxygen calcium carbon and hydrogen c hydrogen iron nitrogen and oxygen?
The human body is made up of only mostly carbon, oxygen, hydrogen, nitrogen, calcium, and phosphorus. The top four elements are oxygen, carbon, hydrogen and nitrogen, so that would be a. on your list.
Why the concentration of carbon dioxide and oxygen remains constant in the atmosphere?
the concentration and of carbon dioxide and oxygen remains constant in the atmosphere because when human throw carbon dioxide out of their body so plants take it and when plants throw oxygen so human take it.
How common is a covalent bond in the human body?
The bond formed with carbon is essentially the covalent bond. So all the organic molecules in your body has got covalent bond.
Why does the human body fart?
so the human body can produce the 'air' and leave it so the body does fill up.
