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1 Atoms! What is an atom? Please write your answer in a complete sentence or two.

2 (almost) Everything is made of atoms!
Sugar

3 Even You and Every Other Living Thing are Made up of Atoms.
Matter: anything that has mass and takes up space. Keratin is a protein that is made of matter. Everything except energy is made up of matter

4 Atoms are small An atom is the smallest piece of matter that is stable under normal conditions. All matter is made up of atoms

5 How small? …and 1 cell is made up of about 100,000,000,000,000 atoms
1 human is made up of about 100,000,000,000,000 cells!

6 Atoms are Ridiculously Small
A MILLION atoms in a straight line would be as thick as a single human hair!!!

7 Good thing Science has Powerful Microscopes!
Each bright spot is a single atom

8 Elements: substances made up of only 1 type of atoms
An element is a substance made up of only 1 type of atom. Only silver atoms in here!

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10 Water is a compound made of oxygen and hydrogen atoms.
Compounds Compounds are substances made of more than one type of atom, joined together Water is a compound made of oxygen and hydrogen atoms.

11 Different Elements = Different Atoms
Atoms of different elements are different from one another because they have different numbers of protons, neutrons, and electrons.

12 Molecules A molecule is the smallest piece of a compound.
Wally the Water Molecule says: “If I get broken down any farther, I won’t be water anymore… I’d just be a mixture of hydrogen and oxygen!” Wally

13 Parts of an atom: Label the diagram
Atoms contain 2 parts: The atomic nucleus contains protons and neutrons Electrons fly around the nucleus near the speed of light

14 What Atoms are made of Atoms are made of 3 parts.
Protons are found in the atomic nucleus. They have a positive electrical charge. Neutrons are also found in the atomic nucleus. They have no charge. Electrons are found outside of the nucleus. They have a negative charge.

15 Homework: “Matter,” “Elements,” “Atoms” pp SR p. 34 #2


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