2006-06-18 00:41:39 · 24 answers · asked by sirenz 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Biology
There are traditionally only 4 elements - Fire, Water, Earth and Air / Wind. These were believed by the ancient greeks to be the fundemental basis of life.
Scientifically, there are not only several elements needed for life to exist but also certain conditions of environment also - the best elemental mix would struggle to form life in the near vacuum of space.
All known life is carbon based. The other elements needed (depending on environment) would include hydrogen, oxygen, and nitrogen.
If you are talking about throretical extra terrestrial life, this could be silicon based and have an entirely different chemistry to anything we would recognise.
2006-06-18 01:20:26 · answer #1 · answered by The Wandering Blade 4 · 2⤊ 1⤋
The ancient world used to think earth,air,water and fire were the elements required to live.However this was an abstract idea not based on scientific knowledge we know today.In modern science an element is a substance made of up of only one type of atom.Carbon,oxygen and hydrogen are generally considered essential to living systems.However there are many more elements that required, as each element has different properties and hence different functions within the body.For example Calcium is required for bones,fluoride for teeth,sulphur is required to give proteins their shape.Metals such as zinc,copper and iron are also required.There are new elements being found that play a role in living systems even now,so the total number still remains a mystery but is certainly more than the ancient 5.
2006-06-22 11:34:26 · answer #2 · answered by iw_newc84 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Wiccans do no longer have factors and in no way have. those questions have in undemanding words been doping up for the in simple terms precise a number of months, so i think there's a fiction e book it truly is suggesting any such element. that is incorrect. Wicca is about stability and the interaction between issues, such because the elements. focusing on a unmarried element is really particularly counterproductive in Wicca.
2016-11-14 22:28:50 · answer #3 · answered by eckis 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Earth, Wind, Heart, Fire and Water..are the five most important elements in my opinion :)
2006-06-18 00:45:17 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Water,fire,earth,air.Only four.Not five.You probably watched the movie the fifth element and then got confused.
2006-06-18 00:44:37 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Earth Wind and Fire
a HiFi
Wine
Soft lighting
Someone to Love
Chris
P.S. theres only four really
Earth, Air, Fire, and Water.
But mine are better
2006-06-18 04:51:16 · answer #6 · answered by kipp[axkid 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
None of the above because there are hundreds of 'elements'.
2006-06-18 00:45:44 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
earth, fire, air,water & metal are the five basic elemetns that make life possible on earth
2006-06-18 00:57:28 · answer #8 · answered by pranjoy 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Earth, Air, Water, Fire & Atmoshphere!
2006-06-18 23:17:07 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
yeah, but Marko, the Fifth Element was a very funny movie. "Mooltipass!" "He knows it's a multipass!" "I supreme being, I protect you!" etc etc.
2006-06-18 00:53:19 · answer #10 · answered by wild_eep 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋