Question

Give two point of differences between an elememt and a compound.

Answer 1

A compound contains atoms of different elements chemically combined together in a fixed ratio. An element is a pure chemical substance made of same type of atom.
Compounds contain differentelements in a fixed ratio arranged in a defined manner through chemical bonds.

Answer 2

Element
1)An element is made up of same kind of atoms.
2) A
n element cannot be split by physical or chemical methods.

Compound
1)A compound is obtained from different kind of atoms.
2) A compound can be split into new substance by chemical methods.