Question

how can there be thousands of types of matter when we are aware of the existence of more than 100 elements?

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Answer 1

Answer:

Two three elements combine

Examples:

Hydrozen and oxygen combine to make water

Again same Hydrozen and zinc can be mixed

Answer 2

Answer:

If we combine the 100 elements, we can make many compounds and compounds are a type of matter. And in addition, just like we can combine words in order to make sentences and we have millions of different sentences. We can actually combine compounds in order to make another type of matter, called a mixture