What makes carbon atoms essential to life?

Question

A. Carbon atoms bond with other carbon atoms, producing minerals that are essential to life.
B. Our bodies make carbon atoms, which are essential to life.
C. One carbon atom and two hydrogen atoms make up water, and water is essential to life.
D. Carbon atoms bond with other carbon atoms, producing large molecules that provide the backbone for the molecules that are essential to life.

Answer 1

D. Carbon atoms bond with other carbon atoms, producing large molecules that provide the backbone for the molecules that are essential to life.