Which element is the basis for all living things and can combine with other elements in many ways? phosphorus carbon oxygen sulfur

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Biology

Kosmo

6 October, 10:58

Which element is the basis for all living things and can combine with other elements in many ways? phosphorus carbon oxygen sulfur

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Gabriella Lawson · Answer 1

b carbon

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Elisha Weber · Answer 2

The right answer is carbon.

All living things are made of carbon skeletons. These molecular carbon skeletons form most of the tissues and proteins that make up living things. So much so that carbon chemistry was called "organic" chemistry because it was a direct result of the observation of living organ compounds. All foods produced by agriculture and consumed by man (carbohydrates, lipids, proteins) are at the base of the carbon chains.