A ship on a large river approaches a bridge, and the captain notices that the ship is about a foot too tall to fit under the bridge. A crew member suggests pumping water from the river into an empty tank on the ship. Would this help?

Which statement is the best definition of an atom? a) anything that has mass and occupies space. b) the smallest particle that has the properties of an element. c) a substance that cannot be broken down chemically into simpler substances. eliminate d) the smallest unit of a substance that exhibits all of the properties characteristic of that substance.