carbon an important element
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Carbon is important for all the known living systems, and life could not exist without it. Carbon is available in the form of hydrocarbons other than food and wood such as fossil fuel, methane gas, and crude oil. Carbon fibers have multiple uses since they are strong, yet lightweight, durable material. These fibers are used in making tennis rackets, fishing rods, even airplanes, and rockets. the industrial diamonds are used for drilling and cutting rocks.
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1. carbon is important than oxygen because carbon has the 3 important allotropes: diamond,graphite and the fullerenes that is very useful in our society while oxygen have none.
2."Complex molecules are made up of carbon bonded with other elements, especially oxygen, hydrogen and nitrogen."
3. Carbon is a versatile element and is found in many different chemical compounds, including those found in space.
4. Carbon have very strong bond between two carbon atoms so it is very difficult for scientists to purify carbon.
5. all living organisms need/use water, can be used for ... a process where matter is recycled through specific interactions between biotic and .... that carbon dioxide is released by breathing out and is returned back to the atmosphere. ... not let heat escape) enters Earth's atmosphere and provides light energy