Question

The most abundant elements in the body are hydrogen, oxygen, carbon, and what?

Answer 1

Nitrogen, Phosphorous, and Sulphur. Remember the acronym CHNOPS: Carbon, Hydrogen, Nitrogen, Oxygen, Phosphorous, and Sulphur

Answer 2

Answer: The correct answer is nitrogen, calcium and phosphorus.

Explanation:

Elements are defined as the substances which are made out of same type of atoms. For Example: Hydrogen, Oxygen etc..

Human body is made up of various types of elements in which 6 are most abundant.

Almost 99% of the mass of human body is made up of mainly six elements. They are oxygen (O), carbon (C), hydrogen (H), nitrogen (N), calcium (Ca) and phosphorus (P).

About 0.85 % of mass of human body is composed of other 5 elements which are potassium (K), sulfur (S), sodium (Na), chlorine (Cl) and magnesium (Mg).

Hence, the correct answer is nitrogen, calcium and phosphorus.