SCIENCE
CHEMISTRY
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carbon
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hydrogen
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oxygen
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calcium
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nitrogen
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Detailed explanation-1: -Scientists believe that about 25 of the known elements are essential to life. Just four of these – carbon (C), oxygen (O), hydrogen (H) and nitrogen (N) – make up about 96% of the human body.
Detailed explanation-2: -Detailed Solution. Zinc is not an element common to all living organisms.
Detailed explanation-3: -The six most common elements of life on Earth (including more than 97% of the mass of a human body) are carbon, hydrogen, nitrogen, oxygen, sulphur and phosphorus.
Detailed explanation-4: -Calcium is nature’s most renowned structural material. Indeed, calcium is a necessary component of all living things and is also abundant in many non-living things, particularly those that help support life, such as soil and water. Teeth, sea shells, bones and cave stalactites are all products of calcium.