Atoms

 

1. The tiny units of matter known as atoms are the basic building blocks of chemistry. 
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3. An atom is the smallest piece of matter that has the normal content of a chemical element, such as hydrogen, oxygen, calcium, iron, gold, and neon. 
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5. More than 90 types of atom exist in nature, and each one forms a different element. 
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7. Elements are made up of only one type of atom—gold contains only gold atoms, and neon contains only neon atoms—but other substances are mixtures of different kinds of atoms. 
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9. Atoms also join together chemically to form molecules.
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11. Matter is made up of molecules, atoms, and ions (electrically charged atoms or groups of atoms), so atoms are basic bits of matter. Since atoms, ions, and molecules are very small, the bulk matter of everyday life consists of large amounts of these components. 
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13. A glass of water, for instance, contains an extremely large amount (about 8 × 1024) of water molecules. Each water molecule is in turn made up of two hydrogen atoms and one oxygen atom that have been combined chemically.

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