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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Because those two points are independent of each other.

Atoms *are* the building blocks of matter.

Atoms are *also* composed of sub-atomic particles.
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