Fast Facts

Everything is made up of atoms
There are three parts to an atom, electrons, protons, and neutrons.Click here for more info!
There are 116 known elements and 92 natural elements.
Atoms can bond in three different kinds of ways: ionic bonds, convelant bonds, and metalic bonds.
An atom almost always has the same number of electrons, protons, and neutrons.
An atom can lose electrons but not protons or neutrons.
The first theory of the atom's appearance was made in 1911 by Ernest Rutherford.
If you split a nuclear atom, it will explode! This fact lead to the invention of the Atom bomb!
There are five different families: Alkali Metals, Transition Metals, Noble Gases, Non-Metals, and Halogens.