Question

How would you differentiate between molecule of element and a molecule of compound write one example of each type?

Answer 1

Molecules of an element contains the same kind of atoms,e.g. P4 is a molecules of element which contains all four atoms of phosphorus.

Molecules of a compound contains two or more kinds of atoms, e.g. H2O is molecules of compound which contains 2 atoms of hydrogen and 1 atom of oxygen.

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Answer 2

The differentiation between a molecule of element and a molecule of a compound is as follows-

• The molecule of an element has the same type of atoms.
• For example, the molecule of Oxygen has one type of atom which is only an oxygen atom.
• The molecule of a compound has different types of atoms.
• For example, the molecule of compound HCl has two types of the atom which are respectively hydrogen atom and chlorine atom.