Which of the following does not describe a characteristic of carbon?
A.) It is non-metallic
B.) It has four valence electrons
C.) It has an electron configuration of 1s2s2p2
D.) It forms bonds only, with itself and not other atoms.
The characteristic that is not descriptive of C, would be D. It forms bonds with only itself. It forms bonds with almost all other nonmetals, present, like H,O,N, etc.
