ELI5; why are we taught that atoms are the building blocks of matter when atoms are made up of smaller things?

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ELI5; why are we taught that atoms are the building blocks of matter when atoms are made up of smaller things?

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Atoms are the legos of matter.

Legos are building blocks. Sure if you break it down further they were first plastic, but the plastic doesn’t behave like lego-matter until you make it into bricks.

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