Is It Sugar, Or Is It Salt?

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Is it sugar, or is it salt? 
They look so much alike.
Both look like little piles of sand. 
Both are the color white.
I know they do not taste the same for one is oh, so sweet, and one will make my mouth water–it is not a tasty treat. 

The reason salt and sugar look the same but taste very different is that they are made up of different elements. 
Scientists made a chart of all the known elements. 
This chart is called the periodic table. 
This table lists all of the elements. 
When different elements are joined together, they make different things. 
I like to sprinkle salt on homemade popcorn
Or on my french fries when they are nice and warm. 
But sugar is a treat when I make lemonade
Or eat a piece of toast with Mom’s apple marmalade. 

When two or more elements join together, they make what is called a compound. 
Salt and sugar are both compounds, but they are made from different elements. 
Salt is made from two elements: sodium and chlorine, while sugar is made from three elements: carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen. 
Isn’t science fascinating? 

Is it sugar, or is it salt? Now I know what to say.
I’ll recite the proper elements and surprise my dad today!

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