Question

what is atom?explain

Answer 1

Atoms are the smallest particle of an element which may or may not exist independently and retains all the properties of an elements.

Answer 2

• An atom is the basic building block of every element.

• It is further consisted by protons, electrons, and neutrons.

• Atom can be understood as a brick of a building.

• The properties of atom is being discovered as the years are passing and every new discovery often contradicts the existing ones.

• Atom can be created and destroyed in nuclear reactions such as nuclear fission and nuclear fusion.

• Atom is neutral i.e. it does not carry any charge.

• Atom contains a nucleus at its centre and in the nucleus the entire mass of an atom is concentrated.

• Atoms take part in chemical reactions.

• Atoms differ from element to element in many properties.