Question

Which of the following statements best describes the relationship between elements and compounds?

Answer 1

B, the properties of elements are much different from the properties of the compounds they make up. For example, CO2 is what we breathe out, CO is a deadly chemical, oxygen and carbon alone is healthy, but is CO the compound can be deadly.

Answer 2

Answer: Option (B) is the correct answer.

Explanation:

An atom which consists of same number of protons is defined as an element. An element can combine with other elements or it can also combine with its own atoms.

For example, $Cl_{2}$ is an element a single chlorine atom combines with another chlorine atom.

Whereas a compound consists of atoms of different elements and not same element.

For example, $Na_{2}SO_{4}$ is a compound as it contains atoms of different elements.

Therefore, we can conclude that statement, the properties of elements are much different from the properties of the compounds that they make up best describes the relationship between elements and compounds.