Another form of carbon was discovered in 1985. It's called carbon-60, or buckyballs. The structure of a carbon-60 atom is very similar to the structure of a football. Without carbon, there would be no life on earth. All living things contain carbon.
Plants make their food from carbon dioxide and water.
Animals eat carbohydrates to give them energy. Carbohydrates contain carbon, hydrogen and oxygen. The chemical symbol for carbon is C . The atomic number for carbon is 6. Carbon exists in many different forms.