Why is carbon is considered tetravalent?

why is carbon is considered tetravalent?
since it has four electrons in its outermost orbital, it needs four more electrons to complete its octet.
since it has two electrons in its outermost orbital, it needs four more electrons to complete its octet.
since it has four electrons its outermost orbital, it can donate four electrons to complete its octet.

Ahorizontal wire is tied to supports at each end and vibrates in its second-overtone standing wave. the tension in the wire is 5.00 n, and the node-to-node distance in the standing wave is 6.28 cm. (a) what is the length of the wire? (b) a point at an anti- node of the standing wave on the wire travels from its maximum upward displacement to its maximum downward displacement in 8.40 ms. what is the wire's mass?

15. give an example for some particles or waves that are moving faster than light in everyday life 16. what is a laser? 17. what is an oscilloscope? 18. what does it means practically that nothing is faster than light in vacuum? 19. what is vacuum?

In which situation has the independent variable for the experiment been changed? check all that apply. changed from counting the number of duckweed at day 0 and day 14 to counting them every day changed from testing duckweed growth in beakers to testing duckweed growth in large outdoor tanks changed from testing the effect of ph on duckweed growth to testing the effect of light levels on duckweed growth changed from testing the effect of acid ph on duckweed growth to testing the effect of basic ph on duckweed growth