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While carbon-based life forms are the most common on Earth, it is theoretically possible for non carbon-based life forms to exist. However, there is currently no evidence of such life forms on our planet.

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What are different forms of a element?

An element can exist in different forms called allotropes, which have the same chemical composition but different structures. For example, carbon can exist as graphite, diamond, or fullerene. These different forms of elements can have distinct physical and chemical properties.


Do silicon life-forms exist?

Answerit depends on your definition of life?How helpful, questioning the question that was posed.if you mean silicon based life forms than we havent found any, but we think they exist.


Sometimes water can be very?

volatile depending on the conditions, such as temperature and pressure. It can exist in various forms like liquid, solid (ice), and gas (vapor). Its properties make water an essential component for life on Earth.


Would the earth have soap if plants did not exist?

No, the earth would not have soap if plants did not exist. I believe this because soap plants (of the genus Chlorogalum) are essential to our making of soap. We use these plants to make all kinds of soap, by using the sap of these plants. However because this does not complete the question, I will explain further. Plants are the only way that the compound 'saponin' exists. Saponin forms the bubbly lather.


What role does water play in the search for life?

If you consider the concept of life as human beings understand it, water is absolutely necessary for life forms to exist. Life forms on our planet consist primarily of H20. Therefore, scientists will look for places that have abundant water as possible places for life to exist elsewhere. However, there are creatures that live at the bottoms of the oceans that require some type of sulfur in their environment. I'm not sure which type they need. As I recall, the sulfur is used in their 'bodies' the same way most life forms use oxygen to live. Something to do with respiration. I think this was a relatively recent discovery. Before that, scientists assumed that every life form required oxygen to exist. I believe that we limit ourselves in defining the existence of others according to what we ourselves have experienced. This is 'thinking inside the box'. No one seems to consider that life may exist in ways other than what we understand. Other life forms could possibly not be limited by the same factors as the life forms on Earth. Perhaps OTHER conditions are necessary to create different forms of life????

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Is it possible that earth like life forms may exist on mercury?

no i dont think so because if you live on mercury your going to need oxygen, on mercury, and no it doesn't exist.


Where have Scientists discovered that life forms on Earth exist?

Life has been found just about anywhere on Earth.


What is the specific name of the one organism on earth that does not use oxygen it its respiratory system?

There exist several life forms which do not need oxygen for survival, for example bacteria purple sulfur bacteria (Chromatiales). But if I recall correctly, no higher life forms which don't need oxygen exist on Earth.


Do other life forms exist outside earth?

I think so. It's not scientifically proven, but you never know...


What makes it possible for water to exist in all 3 states on earth?

Water can exist in all three states (solid, liquid, gas) on Earth due to its unique chemical structure and properties. The temperature and pressure conditions on Earth's surface allow water to easily transition between these states. Additionally, the water cycle continuously redistributes water molecules, leading to the presence of water in its various forms across the planet.


Does life exist inside the core of our Earth?

No. It is too hot, but life does exist in caves and there is a wide range of what can be found from the smallest bacteria to the largest bat.add. By and large, life forms require water and water below 100 deg C. And that rather limits the possibility of life forms in the interior of the Earth.


Where are life forms on earth located?

Life forms exist almost anywhere on the earth surface, under the surface, in the water, in the ocean bottom and in the air. Some are as big as elephants, others are as small as insects, bacteria, or the microscopic virus.


Where are all life forms located on earth?

Life forms exist almost anywhere on the earth surface, under the surface, in the water, in the ocean bottom and in the air. Some are as big as elephants, others are as small as insects, bacteria, or the microscopic virus.


Where are all life forms located earth?

Life forms exist almost anywhere on the earth surface, under the surface, in the water, in the ocean bottom and in the air. Some are as big as elephants, others are as small as insects, bacteria, or the microscopic virus.


Where All life-forms on Earth are located?

Life forms exist almost anywhere on the earth surface, under the surface, in the water, in the ocean bottom and in the air. Some are as big as elephants, others are as small as insects, bacteria, or the microscopic virus.


What is a physical form in which the substance can exist?

There are several physical forms in which a substance can exist. The common ones on earth are solid, liquid and gas, although some substances cannot exist as all three.A solid, liquid, gas or plasma.


The life of the earth--Also kindly let me know how many more years will earth exist?

The Earth is 4.5 billion years old. Life has been around for 3.5 billion years. Complex life forms originated about 500 million years ago. There is no telling if/when life will cease to exist on Earth or if/when it will be destroyed in space.