Atoms
are tiny invisible particles of substances.
Usually they are indivisible
(a-tomos means
indivisible).
White beads may help you
understand how hydrogen atoms are looking like, red beads how oxygen
atoms are formed.
more about atoms
Nearly
all atoms join other atoms to form molecules.
Molecules
are bonded collections of two or more atoms of the same or of different
elements.
Hydrogen molecules (H2)
consist of 2 hydrogen atoms (H),
oxygen molecules
(O2) consist of 2 oxygen atoms (O),
water molecules (H2O)
consist of 2 H and 1 O atom.
To understand how the collection
of 2 hydrogen atoms and 1 oxygen atom is bonded, you may combine 2
white beads and 1 red one by welding.