How many of the following elements have a greater percentage weight in the human body than percentage weight in the earth's crust?

(Sulphur, Sodium, Oxygen, Nitrogen, Carbon, Hydrogen, Magnesium, Silicon, and Calcium)

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Carbon, Oxygen, Nitrogen, Hydrogen and Sulphur have greater percentage weight in the human body.

No.	Element	% weight in Earth’s crust	% weight in human body
$1 .$	Carbon	$0.03$	$18.5$
$2 .$	Oxygen	$46.6$	$65$
$3 .$	Nitrogen	Very little	$3.3$
$4 .$	Sulphur	$0.03$	$0$ . $3$
$5 .$	Hydrogen	$0.14$	$0.5$
$6 .$	Sodium	$2.8$	$0.2$
$7 .$	Calcium	$3.6$	$1.5$
$8 .$	Magnesium	$2.1$	$0.1$
$9 .$	Silicon	$27.7$	negligible

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