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What is a chemical element?
What is a chemical element?
- A substance that cannot be made into a simpler form by ordinary chemical means (correct)
- A substance that contains only one type of particle and is free from any mixture
- A substance that deals with the composition and properties of various elementary forms of matter
- A substance made up of two or more elements chemically bound together in a fixed ratio
What are compounds?
What are compounds?
- Chemical substances made up of two or more elements that are chemically bound together in a fixed ratio (correct)
- Substances that contain only one type of particle and are free from any mixture
- Substances that cannot be made into a simpler form by ordinary chemical means
- Substances that deal with the composition and properties of various elementary forms of matter
What is a pure substance?
What is a pure substance?
- Substances that contain only one type of particle and are free from any mixture (correct)
- Substances made up of two or more elements chemically bound together in a fixed ratio
- Substances that deal with the composition and properties of various elementary forms of matter
- Substances that cannot be made into a simpler form by ordinary chemical means
What is the smallest unit of a chemical element?
What is the smallest unit of a chemical element?
What do compounds create when two or more atoms link up?
What do compounds create when two or more atoms link up?
What are the nine elements that make up almost 99% of the Earth's composition?
What are the nine elements that make up almost 99% of the Earth's composition?
Explain how a chemical element is defined.
Explain how a chemical element is defined.
Define compounds and provide an example.
Define compounds and provide an example.
What are pure substances and provide examples?
What are pure substances and provide examples?
Explain how atoms exist and their relationship to molecules.
Explain how atoms exist and their relationship to molecules.