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Which element is able to combine in many ways with different elements and is therefore considered the basis of life?
oxygen
nitrogen
carbon
hydrogen
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carbon
Carbon is considered the basis of life because it can form four covalent bonds, bond to itself (catenation), and make a vast variety of stable complex molecules with many other elements.
Carbon is considered the basis of life because it can form four covalent bonds, bond to itself (catenation), and make a vast variety of stable complex molecules with many other elements.
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