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Tasya [4]
3 years ago
5

Which elements are most abundant in living organisms

Biology
2 answers:
igor_vitrenko [27]3 years ago
5 0
<span>These elements are oxygen, carbon, hydrogen, nitrogen, calcium and phosphorus.</span>
daser333 [38]3 years ago
4 0

Answer:

Living organisms composed of many of the chemical elements, but most abundant elements include: hydrogen, carbon, nitrogen, sulfur, phosphorus and calcium.

Oxygen: It is the most abundant element in living organisms composing of 65% of the human body. Oxygen present in the body in the form of water which is used to generate energy.

Carbon: It is readily bound with other elements so it is needed for complex structure and function.

Hydrogen: It is the simplest structure which form bond with oxygen and form the water, which is the most crucial component for the most living organisms on earth.

Nitrogen: It is composing 80% of the air and earth. It is very important element in plant life, because nitrogen is readily absorbed and used by plant.

Sulfur: It is major component of 2 amino acids cysteine and methionine used by living organisms.

Phosphorus: It is the main element of the cell membrane which helping in the formation of phospholipids.  

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