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Write one sentence defining elements and one sentence defining compounds.

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Elements are pure substances found on the Periodic Table that cannot be broken down. Compounds are 2 or more elements chemically combined, they are also pure substances.
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Elements – Elements constitute the simplest chemical substances in which all the atoms are exactly the same.

Compounds – Compounds are chemical substances made up of two or more elements that are chemically bound together in a fixed ratio.

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