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they move. It’s one of the wacky water and use
things about electrons. the energy
generated by this
Atoms differ from one another by combination to
how many protons, neutrons, and power a motor.
electrons they have in them. It takes energy to
split apart the
Elements are specific kinds of
atoms. Every atom is a type of molecules, and the chemical
element. reaction of recombining the atoms
into a new molecule generated
There are over 112 elements. energy. Matter and energy are
Ninety of which are found two sides of the same coin
naturally. Twelve different (more on this soon when we get to
2
elements are the major ingredients E=mc ).
of over 90% of all matter.
Electrons are as small as you can
Five different elements are the get (we call particles we can’t split
major ingredients of all living apart any further ‘elementary
things. Carbon, Hydrogen, Oxygen, particles’). Electrons don’t orbit
Nitrogen, and Calcium are the five nuclei. They pop in and pop out of
main elements that make up all existence. Electrons do tend to
living matter. stay at a certain distance from a
nucleus. This area that the electron
Most atoms come from stars and tends to stay in is called a shell.
have been around since the
beginning of time. The electrons
move so fast
Atoms get used, and reused again around the shell
and again as things change over that the shell
time. Atoms, which is to say forms a balloon
matter, cannot be created or like ball around
destroyed, only changed into the nucleus.
another form.
An atom can have as many as
You can split apart the water seven shells. The number of
molecule into separate tubes of electrons an atom has determines
hydrogen and oxygen using a how many shells it has. A shell can
battery. You can then recombine only hold so many electrons.
the hydrogen and oxygen back into Atoms are “satisfied” if they have a
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