The text is headlined "Importance of Carbon Chemistry".
It was published in The Daily Mirror on 27/05/2008.
The author of the text is Lester E. Showalter.
As the title implies,the text informs us of the element carbon and its compounds. It also draws our attention to the importance of this element. The author mentions that the branch of chemistry that studies and investigates carbon compounds is called organic chemistry.
I found this text rather interesting and informative and I'm sure that every person should know chemical elements.
Вопросы к тексту:
1-Does this element play an important role?
2-What would be impossible without the element carbon?
3-The inside of the pencil is made from graphite,isn't it?
4-What is an elementary form of carbon?
5-How many different compounds of carbon can you name?
6-There are 89 other naturally occuring elements,aren't there?
7-What is this text about?
8-What is called organic chemistry?
9-Where does this name come from?
10-What elements are called organic?