Carbon Based life?

Question

So, carnon based life is bascily life that has flesh, heart bones(well most) and organs? and none carbon based life is like robots and things that has not been created natrually

Okay, my answer is what is carbon based life and what is none carbon based life?

Answer 1

What's the question. . . human????

Answer 2

Carbon based life is life that is part of the carbon cycle.

Plants take C02 from air They use the carbon and release oxygen that is used by animals.

Animals breath the air and use the oxygen and release C02 that goes back to the plants.

This creates a cycle called the carbon cycle.

This is a very simple answer to a very complex cycle. More info in your Britannica.

For millions of years plants have been trying very hard to bury all the carbon in the ground.

Then man comes along and digs up all that carbon that has become fossil fuel and has been buried for millions of years and spews it back into the air in less than 100 years. Not even considering what the result of this might be

Answer 3

Robots do not fit the accepted scientific definition of "life".

Life is defined as having the following characteristics:-

Movement
Respiration
Sensitivity
Growth
Reproduction
Excretion
Nutrition

Robots would not respire, grow, reproduce, or excrete

The vast majority of carbon-based life forms do not have hearts, bones or indeed even organs. The largest number of species on this planet by type are single-celled or bacteria.

Life forms based on other elements have been postulated, particularly silicon-based forms but silicon poses considerable problems. For example most conceivable means of obtaining energy require a chemical process of breaking down molecules, the waste products of which are excreted. The waste products from silicon based "respiration" would be solids, not easily-excreted gases or liquids. Silicon-based chains are not nearly so flexible, lengthy or adabtable and and equivalent of DNA replication using silicon seems unlikely. It may be that silicon-based life, if it exists at all, may simply not be recognised by us as living at all.

Answer 4

Characteristics of carbon as a basis for life The two most important characteristics of carbon as a basis for the chemistry of life, are that it has four valence bonds and that the energy required to make or break a bond is just at an appropriate level for building molecules which are not only stable, but also reactive. The fact that carbon atoms bond readily to other carbon atoms allows for the building of arbitrarily long complex molecules and polymers. There are not many other elements which appear to be even promising candidates for supporting life-like metabolism, but the most frequently suggested alternative is silicon.[3] This is in the same group in the Periodic Table of elements and therefore also has four valence bonds. It also bonds to itself, but generally in the form of crystal lattices rather than long chains. Its compounds are generally highly stable and do not support the ability readily to re-combine in different permutations in a manner that would plausibly support life-like processes. Key carbon-based molecules in the life processes The most notable groups of chemicals used in the processes of living organisms include: Proteins, which are the building blocks from which the structures of living organisms are constructed (this includes almost all enzymes, which catalyse organic chemical reactions) Nucleic acids, which carry genetic information Carbohydrates, which store energy in a form that can be used by living cells Fats, which also store energy, but in a more concentrated form, and which may be stored for extended periods in the bodies of animals.

Answer 5

Carbon based life is ALL LIFE ON THE PLANET. Anything that lives requires carbon, at least here. Viruses are the only possibility for otherwise, and it's debatable whether they are or are not alive. Any other form of life would be unknown at this point, though some scientists speculate at silicon based life on other planets.

Answer 6

Hi. Carbon can and does form many molecules that are required for life as we know it. But a person who passes away is still made of the same molecules that were there before. Life HAS to be something more. And it should make very little difference what it is based on.

Answer 7

Carbon-based life is life whose molecules, enzymes, and fluids use mainly the carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen atoms, with calcium for the bones.

As opposed to the silicon-based life, which is postulated to exist in some science fiction, and which would use silicon in place of carbon.

Answer 8

carbon based life is what it says. Look up carbon as a chemical element. Look up what elements sugar, fat and proteins are made from. Open your chemistry book. It does have information in it.
If we could make computers out of mainly carbon, then they would be carbon based computers.
Being alive does not really have anything to do what you are made out of.

Answer 9

It's also possible to have a silicon based life form. These would be so slow moving, they would function like rocks.

Here is an article on some of the other types:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silicon-based_life

Answer 10

There have been indications that maybe silicon based life exists or existed in deep sea vents in the ocean floor.
Robots are not yet living.

Answer 11

Yes, there is more to that but you are on the right track. There are non carbon based material that is natural such as silicon and other minerals