WHAT ARE ELEMENTS?

The element is the fundamental substance that consists of only one type of atom.
Elements consist of smaller particles and can be man-made or synthetic. Their
arrangement in the periodic table is based on the number of protons in an increasing
order. The atomic number of an element is indicated by Z. When atoms are arranged
differently in an element having the same number of protons, you get different forms of
an element. For example, both graphite and diamond are elements of carbon but they
look very different from

WHAT IS A MOLECULE?

Molecule is the smallest unit of a chemical compound

and it exhibits the same chemical properties of that specific compound. As molecules
are made up of atoms jointly held by chemical bonds, they can vary greatly in terms of
complexity and size.The oxygen we breathe has a molecular formula O2. Should we
consider this as an element or compound?When two or more atoms of the same
element combine together, we call them Molecules. So, we call O2 as an oxygen
molecule. In the same way, we find hydrogen molecules H2, chlorine molecules Cl2 and
others in nature.