No. It's actually not even close.
it is atom
This smallest "thing" is the atom.
The atom is the smallest unit containing a nucleus. However, this is not considered living. The smallest living thing in the world (besides viruses) are a parasitic Bacterium called Mycoplasma Gallicepticum.
No, the atom is not because its not even living
an atom
an atom
The cell is the smallest living thing and an atom is the smallest non-living thing.
Atoms are considered the smallest particle of an element because if we subdivide an atom, we loose the chemical and physical properties of that element. The things that identify that atom as an atom of a given element will disappear.
The smallest thing you could imagine - a dust grain, a molecule, an atom, a quark.
nothing. the smallest thing would be something smaller than a particle of an atom. Perhaps a unit of energy.
The smallest atom is hydrogen.
An atom is the smallest particle of an element that has the properties of that element.