What are Atoms?

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What are Atoms?. What are Atoms?. Atoms are very tiny particles that form the building blocks for all matter. What are Atoms?. Atoms are composed of three type of particles: protons, neutrons, and electrons. How Many Atoms Are In A Person?. Around … 8,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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What are Atoms?

Atoms are very tiny particles that form the building blocks for all matter

What are Atoms?

What are Atoms?

Atoms are composed of three type of particles: protons, neutrons, and electrons.

How Many Atoms Are In A Person?

that’s …eight million-million-

million-million-thousand atoms

Wow!

Around …8,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000

Molecules are very small objects that are made up of connected atoms

What are Molecules?

H H

Water

O H2O

Plastic

Do Molecules Move?

Yes, they sure do!

How do they move?

It depends on whether they are in a solid, liquid, or gas

What is the difference between a molecule and a compound?

A molecule is formed when two or more atoms join together chemically.

A compound is a molecule that contains at least two different elements. All compounds are molecules but not all molecules are compounds.