2006-07-19 14:42:29 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Chemistry
"Carbon occurs in all organic life and is the basis of organic chemistry. This nonmetal also has the interesting chemical property of being able to bond with itself and a wide variety of other elements, forming nearly ten million known compounds. When united with oxygen it forms carbon dioxide which is vital to plant growth. When united with hydrogen, it forms various compounds called hydrocarbons which are essential to industry in the form of fossil fuels. When combined with both oxygen and hydrogen it can form many groups of compounds including fatty acids, which are essential to life, and esters, which give flavor to many fruits. The isotope carbon-14 is commonly used in radioactive dating."
I still say that GOD created carbon and he's the true source ... but it's good to exercise knowledge
2006-07-22 10:23:28 · answer #1 · answered by Giggly Giraffe 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
The fundamental forces acting on mass. Strong nuclear, electromagnetic, weak electro, gravity, and any other physical forces that might exist and be able to interact with the particles in living organisms. For a basic biology class the answer you are probably looking for is a cell.
2006-07-19 15:07:35 · answer #2 · answered by drmanjo2010 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
According to chemistry carbon is the building block to life.
Every living organism is made up of carbon chains
Hence we obtain coal from the deposits of dead life as coal is a mass of carbon
2006-07-20 02:12:26 · answer #3 · answered by anjs 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Hydrocorbon
2006-07-19 16:44:13 · answer #4 · answered by Giridhar 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
particular is. All of our macromolecules (carbohydrates, lipids, proteins, nucleic acids) have carbon structure monomers or aspects. one million. Carbon is tetravalent. quite reachable, that. 2. Carbon will style carbon-carbon chains of indefinite length. Silicon is more suitable in all likelihood to bond with oxygen and make quartz crystals.
2016-12-10 12:10:29 · answer #5 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Cell.coz..
-cell is the basic structure unit of life
-all organism are composed of one cell (unicellular) of more cells(multicellular)
-Cells can only arise by division from a pre-existing cell
It's the cell theory.
2006-07-19 14:50:41 · answer #6 · answered by SouL_SLa$Her 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
carbon if youre talking about life on earth, but hydrogen is the most abundant element in the universe, so technically it could be.
2006-07-19 16:41:02 · answer #7 · answered by The Frontrunner 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Carbon. We are all carbon based life forms whether we a plant or animal. We then become carbon after we die and so do plants.
2006-07-19 14:50:54 · answer #8 · answered by c7938 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
carbon chains, they can be anything from hydrocarbons to organic acids just don't ask for any formulas because those chains seem to go on forever
2006-07-19 17:27:34 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
biologicly speaking(as in cells) it would be DNA, amino acids and protiens
chemacly speaking(as in periodic elements) it would be carbon
2006-07-19 15:53:57 · answer #10 · answered by Galactic 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋