Wind is plotted in increments of 5 knots (kts), with the outer end of the symbol pointing toward the direction from which the wind is blowing. The wind speed is determined by adding up the total of flags, lines, and half-lines, each of which have the following individual values: Flag: 50 kts. Line: 10 kts.
Save. Whether you bite into an apple, steak or dish of ice cream, youâre sure to get plenty of one type of element: carbon. Because carbon is present in all known forms of life, every food we eat contains carbon. Carbon is unique in its ability to form large, diverse molecules because of the way it forms electronic bonds with other atoms. The chemical bonds carbon forms allow it to form long molecular chains essential to life as we know it.
Carbon is also found in coal, petroleum, and natural gas. Carbon is one of the most important elements on the periodic table (at least from the perspective of organic chemists!).