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....Don't think that there are any non-carbon life forms that we know of.
The only other possibility for life to exist without the use of carbon is probably in Silicon.
Silicon is similar to Carbon in that it has an equal number of bonding sites- that is, areas where electrons may be shared between molecules.
The problem, however, lies in the size of the atom/molecule/whatever you want to refer to it as.
Silicon is larger than carbon. As atoms grow larger, their nuclei grow more positive, and therefore more repellent. This would prevent Silicon from forming the tremendous chains of molecules that Carbon does so easily.
The basic answer to your question is, Nothing.
There are no living things made of silicon.
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What does inorganic solids mean?
Inorganic means that it was never living or never was living and that it is NOT made from carbon atoms.
What can be made from carbon?
Graphite, charcoal, buckminsterfullerene (C60), carbon fiber, carbon nanotubes, and diamonds.(Compounds having a carbon base are: almost, but not all, organic chemicals; all hydrocarbons including Coal & oil (carbon based complexes); Glucose (C6H12O6), Carbon monoxide (CO), Carbon dioxide (CO2), and thousands more.)
All living things contain what?
all living things contain carbon and hydrogen
Importance of carbon compounds in daily life?
Almost all living things around is is made of carbon and its compounds (organic compounds) including plant, animals and living organisms. So, to simply put forward, without carbon compounds life would be impossible around us.
Living organisms are made of molecules consisting largely of the element hydrogen nitrogen oxygen phosphorus sulfur and?
carbon
What are somethings made from carbon?
All living or once living things have carbon in them Some examples are you, me and monkeys :)
What are compounds made by living things called?
Organic compounds made by living things are called carbon compounds. This is because carbon is required by all living things to function.
All living things are made of the element?
Carbon
Substances that contain carbon and come from living things?
It is called organic compounds (made from living organisms, or used to be). It was only in the nineteenth century when organic compounds could be made in the laboratory from inorganic substances (gas, rocks, minerals, etc.)
What things are made of carbon?
diamond and graphite are pure carbon. everything living has carbon in it. charcoal and car hoods have in it as well
What is living matter made of?
All living matter is made up of CHONPS (carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, nitrogen, phosphate and sulfate)
Compounds made from living sources all contain what element?
Carbon
All living things contain which element?
all living things are made up of cells.
What does inorganic solids mean?
Inorganic means that it was never living or never was living and that it is NOT made from carbon atoms.
What Compounds made from living sources all contain the element?
All living sources contain the element Carbon
What type of molecules are living things made of?
oxygen, air and carbon dioxide
What are all living things made out?
carbon atoms in various molecular forms the carbon actually somes from dead stars :)
