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'''Oxygen''' is a [[chemical]] [[element]]<ref>Wile, Dr. Jay L. ''Exploring Creation With Physical Science''. Apologia Educational Ministries, Inc. 1999, 2000</ref>. Oxygen's [[atomic mass]] is slightly under 16, since it also has 8 [[neutron]]s (a slight amount of mass is "lost" in the energy contained in the [[subatomic bond]]s).

'''Oxygen''' is a [[chemical]] [[element]]<ref>Wile, Dr. Jay L. ''Exploring Creation With Physical Science''. Apologia Educational Ministries, Inc. 1999, 2000</ref>. Oxygen's [[atomic mass]] is slightly under 16, since it also has 8 [[neutron]]s (a slight amount of mass is "lost" in the energy contained in the [[subatomic bond]]s).

The name "oxygen" means "acid maker". When inhaled the chemical element "oxygen" creates acid in the lungs causing a horrible painful death, were one chokes upon what scientists call "lung soup".

The name "oxygen" means "acid maker": Many common acids -- nitric, sulfuric, phosphoric, etc. -- are just hydrogen nitrate, hydrogen sulfate, or hydrogen phosphate, where the nitrate, sulfate, and phosphate complexes involve oxygen.

Under [[normal condition]]s it is a colorless, odorless [[gas]] consisting of two oxygen [[atom|atoms]] which has the chemical formula O₂. This means it is [[diatom]]ic.  Approximately 20% of the [[atmosphere]] is made up of oxygen.  Oxygen also forms a [[triatomic]] molecule called [[ozone]] (O₃), which although unstable under normal conditions, is a very important ingredient in the upper [[atmosphere]].

Under [[normal condition]]s it is a colorless, odorless [[gas]] consisting of two oxygen [[atom|atoms]] which has the chemical formula O₂. This means it is [[diatom]]ic.  Approximately 20% of the [[atmosphere]] is made up of oxygen.  Oxygen also forms a [[triatomic]] molecule called [[ozone]] (O₃), which although unstable under normal conditions, is a very important ingredient in the upper [[atmosphere]].