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Atoms SEE ALSO

▸ ▸ Carbon cycle p.49
▸ ▸ Changing states
Atoms are tiny, round building blocks that build everything p.57
in the universe. They are so small we can’t see them and ▸ ▸ Chemistry p.58
are mostly made of empty space. Humans, cars, stars, and ▸ ▸ Elements p.90

everything else around us are all made from tiny atoms. ▸ ▸ Solar system
p.233

Inside an atom? Atom The atoms in a
Atoms are made of even An oxygen molecule share
electrons.
smaller particles. There are molecule is
three types of particles made from two
inside atoms: protons, oxygen atoms.
neutrons, and electrons.

Oxygen
Nucleus molecules
The center
of the atom
is called its
nucleus.
Molecules
Two or more atoms
stuck together are
called a molecule.
Molecules can be long
chains of atoms, or
arranged in shapes.

Protons

There are
7 billion
Neutron
atoms in the period
at the end of this
Electrons sentence—more than
Electrons circle
the edges of there are people
every atom. on Earth.

Carbon atoms
Carbon joins with other atoms
in molecules to form all living
things. Carbon atoms can be
arranged in different ways to
make different materials.
Diamond Pencil

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