OBJECTIVE LIFE SCIENCE
MOLECULAR BIOLOGY
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Question
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What feature of carbon makes it most suitable as a basis for life?
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Its abundance in nature
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Its bonding properties
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Its teativity to light
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Its presence in the early atmosphere of the Earth
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Why is carbon so basic to life? The reason is carbon’s ability to form stable bonds with many elements, including itself. This property allows carbon to form a huge variety of very large and complex molecules. In fact, there are nearly 10 million carbon-based compounds in living things!
Detailed explanation-2: -The carbon atom has six electrons, of which four are available for bonding. To reach electronic stability, carbon atoms must share four electrons from other atoms.
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