Element

Real World Example

Imagine you’re trying to separate a tangled mess of different colored strings, each representing a different task or responsibility in your day. Just like you can’t split a single string any further without changing its fundamental structure, an element is a substance made of one type of atom that cannot be broken down chemically. The connection here is that just as a single piece of string is the smallest unit of your tangled mess that maintains its identity, an element is the simplest form of matter that retains its unique properties and cannot be divided into a different substance by chemical means.