Question

Name 2 reasons why oxygen was vital for the formation of living things

Answer 1

To survive on earth, oxygen is the single most vital element. You can survive for couple of days without taking nitrogen and hydrogen but you can’t survive without oxygen for more than few minutes.

Two main reasons which describe the importance of oxygen in the creation of living beings are:

- To generate energy in the form of ATP (Adenosine triphosphate)

- To form water (essential to conduct reactions in human body)

Answer 2

Oxygen was one of the most essential element for all livings things to sustain life. The two main reasons oxygen was vital for the formation of living things was to form water and to breath. Every cell in our body inhales the oxygen and exhales the carbon dioxide in a respiration process. Breathing is important because our cells need a supply of oxygen so they can produce energy.