Atoms are the basic structure of every piece of matter, but they don't like to hang out by themselves. They are social and want to be attached to something else. Good thing! Molecules are everywhere in the bazillions! In fact our bodies are made up of bazillions of molecules! Molecules are made up of atoms that are stuck together in a particular shape or form. Not all atoms like to make certain forms. Certain atoms are attracted to certain atoms (ionic bonds) and other atoms like to share their valence electrons with certain other atoms (covalent bonds). In gases like air, the molecules are just flying around. In liquids like water, the molecules are stuck together but they can still move. In solids like sugar, the molecules can only vibrate. There is also another state of matter known as plasma where the molecules fly around crazier and faster than those in a gas. For a molecule to exist, atoms have to stick together. This happens when two atoms share electrons. Instead of circling just one atom, the electron now circles around two. This is called bonding. The shared electrons are called 'bonds'. Sometimes, more than one electron is shared. The more electrons are shared, the stronger the bond gets and the stronger the atoms stick together. Bonds can also be broken apart. Since most bonds require energy to form, they also give off energy when they are broken. But before most bonds break, the molecule has to be heated. Then the atoms start to move, and when they move too much, the bond breaks. Molecules that require less energy to break than they give off when broken are called fuels. For example, a candle will just sit there and nothing happens. But when you use a match to light it, it will burn for a long time. The match brings the energy to break the first bonds, which release enough energy to break the bonds below them, until the candle has burned down. Molecules are pretty might and pretty cool because they are the tiniest particles held together by bonds.
16 Comments
Errol
1/8/2018 01:42:35 pm
I like james bond too!
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MaryGrace/Fred
1/8/2018 01:42:55 pm
I like the James Bond GIF!!!! no... I LIKE THE WHOLE BLOG!!!
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aidan
1/8/2018 03:29:34 pm
I've never seen any 007 movies so I wouldn't know
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David biggs
1/8/2018 04:23:05 pm
I agree golden eye multiplayer is easy best.
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Ben
1/8/2018 04:01:17 pm
I kinda like Monday’s but my braces are killing me
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mackinna
1/8/2018 04:45:54 pm
I wonder how many molecules are in the sun.
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hunter
1/8/2018 04:47:52 pm
this is all just confusing me!!!!
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tobin
1/8/2018 04:51:12 pm
I agree with hunter this is all super confusing and I wonder how many molecules are in me.
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harmony
1/8/2018 04:52:46 pm
I love the blog mrs Taylor super great I should comment more often.
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sadie
1/8/2018 04:54:44 pm
the blog is amazing!! and I love how you made periodic table battle ship it makes it so much easier to remember them.
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kennedy
1/8/2018 05:07:26 pm
ben you have braces
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adler
1/8/2018 06:05:40 pm
i am definitely wondering how many atoms are in kittens. or maybe dogs but i have only a guess...10000000000000000000.1.
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gandalf
1/8/2018 08:57:59 pm
i never knew who james bond was until today. think if every thing was made up of atoms then does that mean that atoms are made up of atoms if so that would be so cool. i wonder where Ms. Taylor is going to be tomorrow. i wonder when rubles will start because i want my sister becca to give me her rubles. i think that the second to last picture is really cool with the fire
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roman
1/9/2018 01:42:58 pm
i am roman this is my coment.
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Elayna
1/9/2018 01:53:03 pm
It is not as confusing. Because just the way she explains it simplifies it.
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Sadie(The real one)
1/9/2018 09:01:43 pm
Good job on the blog today Mrs. Taylor!!! Someone has been commenting for me on the blog. I don't know who it is or why they would do that... O-well I think molecules are so cool to lean about!!!
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