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 smallest unit of matter that have the same properties as the thing they make up. A single atom of hydrogen is still hydrogen. Anything that makes up an atom behaves differently than the atom it‘s a part of.

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