SCIENCE
PHYSICAL SCIENCES
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Question
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an atom of carbon
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a proton from a carbon atom
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an electron from a carbon atom
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a molecule that contains carbon
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Detailed explanation-1: -Atoms-The smallest unit of matter that exhibits the same physical and chemical properties as the element is called an atom.
Detailed explanation-2: -An atom is the smallest particle of an element, having the same chemical properties as the bulk element.
Detailed explanation-3: -Carbon atoms also bond strongly to other elements, such as hydrogen, oxygen, and nitrogen, and can be arranged in many different ways. Silicon (Si) has many of the same characteristic as carbon and is located directly below carbon on the Periodic Table.
Detailed explanation-4: -An atom is the smallest unit of matter that retains all of the chemical properties of an element.
Detailed explanation-5: -that an element can be divided and still be that element. For example the smallest particle of carbon is a single atom of carbon.