12. Higher Order Thinking Skills I

 

Carbon is generally found in a combined state because carbon atoms have three valence five valence two valence four valence electrons, and they try to get octets around themselves by sharing protonstransferring electronssharing electronstransferring protons.

 

Carbon is generally found in combined form because it achieves stability by sharing protonstransferring protonstransferring electronssharing electrons with other elements or carbon atoms.

 

NitrogenOxygenCarbon Hydrogen is an element that can produce many different compounds. Each carbon atom can produce fivethreefourtwo chemical bonds with other atoms because the carbon atom is just the right size to fit in easily as parts of huge molecules.