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MATTER chemistrythe scientific study of the composition, structure, and properties of matter and the changes that matter undergoes matteranything that has mass and takes up space Examples of matter include you, your book, air. Examples of things that are not matter are light, sound, and electricity. Atoms are matter elementa substance that cannot be separated or broken down into simpler substances by chemical means. An element is a pure substance made of only one kind of atom. Carbon, found in diamond, is an example of an element. Examples of elements: atomAn atom is the smallest unit of an element that maintains the properties of that element. Two or more elements combine chemically to make a compound Compound A compound is a substance that is made of atoms of two or more different elements joined by chemical bonds.Every compound is unique and different from the elements it contains When elements combine to make a specific compound, the elements always combine in the same proportions. H2O will always have two hydrogen atoms and one oxygen atom, regardless of where you find it. NaCl will always have one sodium atom and one chlorine atom, regardless of where you find it. A molecule acts as a unit The smallest unit of a compound can be either one of two things: molecule A molecule is a neutral group of atoms held together by covalent bonds. A molecule is the smallest unit of a covalent compound.Water, oxygen, and sucrose, or table sugar, are examples of molecules. formula unit (smallest unit of ionic compound)the collection of atoms corresponding to an ionic compound’s formula Chemical formulas represent compounds and molecules chemical formulaA chemical formula is a way to show the relative numbers of atoms of each kind in a chemical compound by using atomic symbols and numerical subscripts. = H2O = NaCl PURE SUBSTANCE OR MIXTURE? pure substancea sample of matter, either a single element or a single compound,