Question

Short / Long answer type questions .
List those characteristics of carbon that make it the most important element in organic molecules.

Answer 1

The following properties of carbon make it the backbone of the organic molecules which form living matter:-

• Carbon is such a versatile element because it can form four covalent bonds.
  
• Carbon skeletons can vary in length, branching, and ring structure.
• Organic molecules important for life include relatively small monomers as well as large polymer, which are capable of forming because of carbon.
  
• Carbon bonds are strong and can stay together in water.
• Carbon is such a versatile element that almost 10 million different carbon compounds exist.