A molecule is the smallest unit that still has the same properties as the material it came from. Although it would be limited, a water molecule would do anything that a bucket of water would do.
For example, if you broke the molecule down further, you'd get hydrogen and oxygen. Hydrogen burns and oxygen supports things that burn. Water suppresses burning things.
particles called atoms are the smallest unit. Several atoms combine to make a molecule and molecules are what form substances such as water
No. Water is composed of two hydrogen atoms, and one oxygen atom. Both of these can exist as pure elements in the form of H2 and O2, respectively. Since a hydrogen (H) atom has the fewest number of protons and electrons, at one a piece, H2, the binding of two of this smallest atom, is the smallest molecule.
This is the molecule of water - H2O.
A molecule is the smallest part of a compound that still retains the properties of said compound. As the atom is the smallest particle of an element into which it can be divided and still retain all the properties of that element, the molecule is the atom's analog for a compound.
Water is a molecular substance because it is made of 2 atoms of Hydrogen and 1 atom of Oxygen. It is therefore a compound, the smallest separable unit of which is a single molecule of H2O. If you break this molecule up you no longer have water.
Molecule
A molecule, as in a molecule of water.
particles called atoms are the smallest unit. Several atoms combine to make a molecule and molecules are what form substances such as water
A molecule of H2O.
A single molecule. If you split that up, it will no longer be water.
No. Water is composed of two hydrogen atoms, and one oxygen atom. Both of these can exist as pure elements in the form of H2 and O2, respectively. Since a hydrogen (H) atom has the fewest number of protons and electrons, at one a piece, H2, the binding of two of this smallest atom, is the smallest molecule.
molecule
the smallest possible piece of water would be one water molecule. (one molecule of H2O), consisting of 2 Hydrogen atoms and 1 oxygen atom. Anything smaller, and it would lose the characteristics of water.
This is the molecule of water - H2O.
The molecule: two hydrogen atoms and one oxygen.
Molecule
A molecule is the smallest part of a compound that still retains the properties of said compound. As the atom is the smallest particle of an element into which it can be divided and still retain all the properties of that element, the molecule is the atom's analog for a compound.