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Elements and Compounds Basics

A worksheet for Grade 2 students to learn about the basic concepts of elements and compounds.

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Elements and Compounds Basics

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Read each question carefully and answer to the best of your ability.

1. What is an element?

a

Something made of many different things.

b

A pure substance that cannot be broken down.

c

A mixture of water and sugar.

d

A type of animal.

2. What is a compound?

a

A single element.

b

Two or more elements joined together.

c

A very large rock.

d

A type of plant.

3. Water is a   because it is made of two elements: hydrogen and oxygen.

4. Gold is an   because it is a pure substance.

5. Air is an element.

T

True

F

False

6. Salt is a compound.

T

True

F

False

7. Name two things that are elements.

8. Name two things that are compounds.