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Are water and air elements? Explain your answer

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Answer: An element is a substance composed of a single type of atom. Hydrogen (element symbol H) and oxygen (element symbol O) are examples of elements. So, water is made from elements, but is not itself an element. Before people knew about atoms and molecules, water was considered to be an element

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