Compounds are made up of elements.
Elements are the ones we pull straight out from the periodic table.
For example:
H2O, HCl, NaCl, NaOH --> these are all compounds
H, N, B, Ne, Na, Cl, O, K --> these are all elements.
Resources will become scarce, and competition will rise. This can present in physical, political, or social ways. Once the population crosses the balancing point beyond carrying capacity, a number of things can happen that "correct" the problem, including out migration, starvation, disease, and conflict. Often more than one of things happens at the same time.
The steps involved for a scientific method are as follows:
1. Ask a question (What do you want to find out?)
2. Do some background research
3. Produce a hypothesis (What do you think will happen?)
4. Perform an experiment
5. Gather all the data (What did you find out?)
6. Share your results
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