2.1
An element is a substance that cannot be broken down to other substances by chemical reactions.
A compound is a substance consisting of two or more different elements combined in a fixed ratio.
Essential elements are needed for a healthy life and to reproduce.
Humans need 25, plants need 17
Oxygen (O), Carbon (C), Hydrogen (H) and Nitrogen (N)?make up 96% of living matter
Calcium (Ca), Phosphorus (P), potassium (K), sulfur (S), and a few other elements accounting for most of the remaining 4% of an organism's mass.
Trace elements are required by an organism in only minute quantities.
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2.2
Protons and neutrons are electrically charged.
Proton= positive, electron=negative, neutron=neutral