Compound

Real World Example

Imagine trying to bake a cake using flour, sugar, eggs, and butter; each ingredient is essential, but none can make a cake on its own. Similarly, a compound is like that cake, created when atoms from two or more elements come together in a precise way to form a new substance with unique properties. Just as combining ingredients produces a cake with characteristics different from each individual component, combining elements chemically results in a compound with properties distinct from the atoms that compose it.