Do atoms actually reproduce (like a cell does) making more identical atoms?

Subject: Do atoms actually reproduce (like a cell does) making more identical atoms?

Date: Fri Mar 14 15:51:47 2003
Posted by Mrs. Bishop
Grade level: 4-6 School: Tremont Grade School
City: Tremont State/Province: IL Country: USA
Area of science: Physics
ID: 1047675107.Ph

Message:


We've looked "everywhere" and cannot find an answer to a fifth grader's 
question, "Do atoms reproduce".  We understand (vaguely!) that atoms can split, 
but when they do they change so the result is not a duplication of the original 
atom.

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