Explain the difference between a compound and an element????

Question

I am not so sure

Answer 1

Let the concept of the atom (A Tom) guide you. A Tom means un-cuttable. The atom is a particle that can not be cut into any smaller pieces. The individual building blocks.

Where a compound is made of two or more atoms, it can be cut into its individual atoms.

So hydrogen gas (H2) is a compound built from two atoms of the element hydrogen.