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Why are hydrogen molecules called elements but water molecules are called compounds?
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Why are hydrogen molecules called elements but water molecules are called compounds?

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Hydrogen molecules are made up of only one element (hydrogen).

Water molecules, H₂O, are compounds because they are made up of more than one element, hydrogen and oxygen.
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