Question

What is an atom??
Class 9 Question

Answer 1

Answer:

The definition of an atom is the smallest component of an element, characterized by a sharing of the chemical properties of the element and a nucleus with neutrons, protons and electrons.

Answer 2

Atoms are the constituents of chemistry.

• They are the smallest inseparable particle of matter.
• Atoms of the same elements have identical mass while atoms of different elements differ in mass.
• The chemical reaction between two atoms implicates the reorganisation of atoms.
• Many experiments revealed that the atom is composed of fundamental particles.
• In other words, the atom can be subdivided into subatomic particles (electron, proton, neutron).