What are nature element?

Upsite5

6 years ago

Natural elements are those elements
than have been produced by nature,
without the intervention of man. Natural
elements can be grouped in: Water. Air.

shollycastle

6 years ago

nature element are
elements –Space, Air, Fire, Water, and Earth

Upsite5

6 years ago

Elements don't have to be boring. This lesson
uses some pretty cool facts, stories, and
history to help you learn about some
important elements found in nature:
hydrogen, carbon, oxygen, nitrogen, sulfur,
and phosphorus.
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Elements
Mother Nature has provided us with a lot of
elements , substances that cannot be broken
down into simpler things by chemical means.
Of course, elements don't just have to be
natural. Synthetic elements are found on the
periodic table as well, most famously
plutonium. However, this lesson is going to
focus on some of the elements found in
nature. We're going to go over some cool
facts regarding hydrogen, carbon, oxygen,
nitrogen, sulfur, and phosphorus.
Hydrogen, Carbon, & Oxygen
Hydrogen is the first, so to speak, element as
it has an atomic number of 1 and is
symbolized by an 'H'. Hydrogen was
recognized in 1776 by British scientist Henry
Cavendish. Hydrogen, as a word, comes to us
from the Greek 'hydro-', which means water,
and 'genes', which means forming. So it's the
water forming element. And as you know,
water has two hydrogen atoms in it. Of all the
elements found throughout the universe,
hydrogen is the most abundant one. In fact,
hydrogen gave rise to, directly or indirectly,
all the other elements found throughout the
universe. 90% of the atoms in the universe
are hydrogen atoms. This amounts to 75% of
the universe's entire mass.
Hydrogen's clear-cut importance in nature is
going to be hard to top, but we can try with
carbon . Carbon has an atomic number of 6
and is symbolized by the letter 'C'. Its name
is derived from the Latin carbo, which means
charcoal. Carbon is pretty important too. All
living matter on Earth is built on a backbone
of carbon. So if you ever hear the term
'organic', then you know the organic
substance has carbon atoms in it. An
inorganic substance does not.
A lot of living beings rely on another element
for life. It's oxygen . Oxygen has an atomic
number of 8 and is symbolized by the letter
'O'. English chemist Joseph Priestley as well
as Swedish chemist Carl Wilhelm Scheele
discovered oxygen independently in the 18th
century. Oxygen makes up 21% of our
atmosphere. In other words, 21% of the air
you breathe is composed of oxygen. That
oxygen, of course, is needed by your body
and by the bodies of other living beings in
order to create energy that sustains life.
Nitrogen, Sulfur, & Phosphorus
Hydrogen, carbon, and oxygen are hard to
beat in terms of their fundamental
importance to the universe and life. This
doesn't mean that nitrogen, sulfur, or
phosphorus aren't important. They are of
course, just in different ways.
Nitrogen has an atomic number of 7 and is
symbolized by 'N'. It was discovered by
British chemist Daniel Rutherford in 1772.
Nitrogen is important for a lot of things. For
example, DNA, our genetic material, wouldn't
be around if it weren't for nitrogen. Nitrogen
is also found in the food we eat and it's used
in fertilizers to help plants grow. As much as
it's conducive to life, nitrogen can also be
used to make explosives.