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.
Everything is made of atoms, which are the smallest units of an element. Atoms are composed of even smaller particles called protons, neutrons, and electrons.
No, atoms are the smallest unit of matter that retains the properties of an element. Atoms are made up of protons, neutrons, and electrons, which are subatomic particles. There are no smaller particles within an atom.
Atoms are the smallest particles into which an element can be broken down without changing its identity. Each atom is made of protons, neutrons, and electrons specific to that element.
The smallest particles of matter are called atoms. Atoms are composed of protons, neutrons, and electrons.
An atom is the smallest particle of an element that has the properties of that element. The atom consists of a certain amount of electrons, protons and usually neutrons. The amount of each of these sub-atomic particles is what makes an element. No Sub-Atomic Particles have any characterisitics of an element. It is the collective arrangement of electrons and protons (and usually neutrons) which gives an element its characteristics. An atom is the smallest particle that has elemental characteristics.
An atom is the smallest particle of an element that has the properties of that element.
If an element were broken down into its smallest particles, you would get atoms of that element. Each atom is the smallest unit of an element that retains the properties of that element.
Everything is made of atoms, which are the smallest units of an element. Atoms are composed of even smaller particles called protons, neutrons, and electrons.
The smallest basic particle of an element is an atom. Atoms and molecules formed of them are the smallest particles that have the physical and chemical properties of the element. Atoms, however, are made of smaller particles: electrons, protons, and neutrons, of which the electron is the smallest. There are various supplementary particles that connect or interact with them (e.g. mesons). These atomic particles are formed by the combination of constituent particles called quarks, which do not normally exist in uncombined forms (where, oddly, they would have much greater mass than the particles they constitute).
If the substance is an element, the smallest will be an atom. If it is a compound, then that would be a molecule.
No, atoms are the smallest unit of matter that retains the properties of an element. Atoms are made up of protons, neutrons, and electrons, which are subatomic particles. There are no smaller particles within an atom.
The smallest part of any chemical element that can exist is an atom of that element. The smallest part of a chemical compound that can exist is a molecule of that compound.
True. Atoms are the smallest units of an element therefore making all atoms elements.
Atoms are indeed very small, but there are even smaller particles that make up atoms, such as protons, neutrons, and electrons. These subatomic particles are the building blocks of atoms and are themselves much smaller than atoms.
Particles are tiny units of matter that make up atoms. Atoms are the smallest units of an element that retain its chemical properties. Particles can refer to subatomic particles like protons, neutrons, and electrons, while atoms are made up of these particles.
Atoms are the smallest particles into which an element can be broken down without changing its identity. Each atom is made of protons, neutrons, and electrons specific to that element.
The smallest particle that retains the properties of an element is an atom. Quarks and leptons are just a family of elementary particles and do not carry any properties of the element.