Alongside oxygen and hydrogen, what is the other element that accounts for the vast majority of living matter?

Correct answer: Carbon

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Barb@70
Barb@70
Basis of Organic Chemistry
Laura
Laura
Player #6616037, Carbon bonds well to itself and to other elements. So it enables the complex combinations necessary for life.
Pakake
Pakake
Player #6616037, sugar, when H, C and O combine.
Pakake
Pakake
Player #6616037, sugar among a multitude others!
Player #6616037
Player #6616037
If oxygen & hydrogen can produce the components of water (H2O),what does the carbon do?