Is there a reason why nature chose carbon as building blocks and not any other element, say silicon?

The oxidizing agent our bodies use to obtain energy from food is oxygen (from the air). if you breathe 15 times a minute (at rest), taking in and exhaling 0.5 l of air with each breath, what volume of air do you breathe each day? air is 21% oxygen by volume. what volume of oxygen do you breathe each day?

Illustrate, label, and explain how atmospheric carbon and oxygen find there way into a consumer and then back into a producer. include the following terms in your illustration: co2, 02, respiration, photosynthesis, sugar, mitochondria, chloroplast, water, solar radiation

Which kingdom includes some organisms that have no nucleus and can live in an environment with an extremely high salt content