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What does it mean if something is carbon based?
When it says 'life is carbon-based', it literally means just that. All forms of life are built off of the element Carbon, which is number 6 on the periodic table. All life is built off of carbon. Nothing can be considered life unless it has traces of carbon. For example, DNA is the base of human life, and carbon makes up most of the DNA, so when it says 'life is carbon-based', it means that all life depends on the element carbon, nicknamed 'the element of life'.
Do all organic molecules contain carbon?
Yes, carbon is the fourth most abundant element in the universe by mass after hydrogen, helium, and oxygen. It is present in all life forms and the chemical basis of all known life. In the human body carbon is the second most abundant element by mass after oxygen.
Explain why most carbon compounds are classified as organic compounds?
Organic compounds are compounds necessary to life, and most macromolecules necessary to life contain carbon.
Why is carbon the most critical to living things?
Carbon helps in the process of photosynthesis.Without plants,there is no life on earth.
Why are the reactivity and binding capabilities of carbon crucial to life?
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What element is the head of the carbon family basis of life?
Carbon is the head of the carbon family known as the "basis of life."
Which family of elements are called basis of life?
Carbon, Hydrogen, Oxygen, Nitrogen. They can form the four moleccules Carbon dioxide(CO2), Water(H2O), Methane(CH4) and Ammonia(NH3). These four molecules are the 'brick' that build to make life.
You are the head of the carbon family known as the basis of life?
carbon
A element in the carbon family known as the basis of life?
Carbon
What is the head of the carbon family known as the basis of life?
Carbon.
What is the element of the carbon family know as the basis of life?
Carbon.
What is the basis for much of the complex life on earth?
carbon
Element known as the basis of life?
The element that is typically known as the basis of life is carbon. This is because carbon is present in at least 95 percent of all living tissue.
What elements are found in the molecules of life?
carbon nitrogen hydrogen and oxygen are basis of life
Which element is the head of the carbon family and called the basis of life?
'Carbon(C) is the 'head of the carbon family'. It is Group 4. The next two elements in Group 4 are Silicon, & Germanium. Carbon is the basis of life, because all organic matter be it vegetative or animative contain carbon. 'The element carbon has the ability to Catenate; that is to form long chains from which other non-metallic elements can combine.
What element is the head of the carbon family known as the basis of life?
Carbon is the element that is the head of the carbon family and is known as the basis of life because it is a key component of organic molecules found in all living organisms. Its ability to form diverse compounds through bonding with other elements allows for the complex structures necessary for life to exist.
What element has a bigger impact aluminum or carbon?
Carbon, it is the basis of all organic chemistry and more importantly life
