Question

An atom is the smallest unit of matter.

• A. True
• B. False

Answer 1

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.