Assertion: carbon | /r/HasProperty | essential
Facets:
value: for the earth
type: TRANSITIVE-OBJECT
value: to life
type: OTHER
value: absolutely
type: DEGREE
value: for reproduction
type: PURPOSE
value: for growth
type: PURPOSE
value: to all known living systems
type: OTHER
value: without it
type: OTHER
Source sentences:
text: Carbon is essential to all known living systems, and without it life as we know it could not exist (see alternative biochemistry).
text: Carbon is an essential natural element for the earth.
text: Carbon is essential for life on Earth.
text: Carbon is essential for the survival, growth and reproduction of living things.
text: Carbon is the fourth most abundant element in the universe, and is absolutely essential to life on Earth.
text: Carbon is essential to life.