Which statement best illustrates why carbon is important to living things?

If someone could do the first couple, just so i can see how it's done that would be great! 20 points. complete a dichotomous key for the 10 leaves on the common leaves sheet. the chart provided here allows for 11 pairs of statements. depending on how you build your dichotomous key, you may or may not need all of them, or you may need to add some.

Which of these has happened to your food by the time it reaches your small intestine? a. all the macromolecules have been broken down completely. b. lipids and starches have been partially broken down. c. starches and proteins have been partially broken down. d. proteins and lipids have been broken down into subunits.

What best explains whether bromine (br) or neon (ne) is more likely to form a covalent bond? bromine forms covalent bonds because it has seven valence electrons, but neon has eight valence electrons and already fulfills the octet rule. bromine forms covalent bonds because it has many electron shells, but neon has only two electron shells and is tightly bound to its electrons. neon forms covalent bonds because it can share its valence electrons, but bromine has seven valence electrons and can gain only one more electron. neon forms covalent bonds because it has only two electron shells, but bromine has many electron shells and will lose electrons in order to fulfill the octet rule.