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What is the difference between the terms MATTER and ELEMENT?

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What is the difference between the terms Matter and Element?

• Anything that occupies space and has mass is called matter. It can be solid, liquid or gas.
• Element is smallest classification of matter, which cannot be sub-divided into simpler components by chemical means.

What is an atom?

• An atom is the smallest unit of ordinary matter that forms a chemical element. Every solid, liquid, gas, and plasma is composed of neutral or ionized atoms. Atoms are extremely small, typically around 100 picometers across.

What are the 4 most common atoms to the human body?

• The four most abundant elements in the human body – hydrogen, oxygen, carbon and nitrogen – account for more than 99 per cent of the atoms inside you. They are found throughout your body, mostly as water but also as components of biomolecules such as proteins, fats, DNA and carbohydrates.

What are molecules?

• A molecule is an electrically neutral group of two or more atoms held together by chemical bonds. Molecules are distinguished from ions by their lack of electrical charge.

What is a chemical reaction?

• A chemical reaction is a process that leads to the chemical transformation of one set of chemical substances to another.

According to the Rules of Atoms, will the carbon in carbon dioxide be around in a million years? How likely is it the carbon dioxide molecule will be around? What is your reasoning?

I don't know, this one you can answer yourself

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