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An atom is the smallest unit of matter.


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True
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Solution

The correct option is A True

Atom

  • British chemist John Dalton proposed the basic idea of the nature of matter.
  • Dalton took the name ‘atoms’ as given by the Greeks and said that the smallest particles of matter are atoms.
  • The size of an atom is extremely small, much smaller than our imagination.
  • An atom is composed of three particles, namely, protons,electrons, and neutrons with hydrogen as an exception without neutrons.

Hence, the given statement is true.


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