Question

What are elements? How are they different from mixtures?

Answer 1

Answer:

elements are naturally occurring metals or non metals while mixtures are combinations

Explanation:

Answer 2

Answer:

Elements have only 1 type of atoms; compounds have more than 1. Elements and compounds are both substances; they differ from mixtures where different substances mix together but not via atomic bonds. A visualization for the differences between elements, compounds and mixtures, both homogenous and heterogenous.

Explanation:

Mixtures are substances that are made up of more than one type of subunit.

Mixtures are physical combinations of two or more pure substances.

Atoms are the basic unit of matter.

There are about 90 different types of atoms that exist naturally and more than 20 that have been synthesised artificially.

Examples of atoms include helium atoms, carbon atoms and copper atoms.

All matter is made up of subunits.

There are two main types of subunits: atoms and molecules.