Question

Pure water is a(n) _____.
element
compound
mixture
solution

Answer 1

Pure water is a chemical compound.  Every water molecule is
one oxygen atom tightly bound to 2 hydrogen atoms.  That's a
big part of the reason why the chemical formula for water is H₂O .

Answer 2

Answer:

Pure water is an compound.

Step-by-step explanation:

Pure water is an chemical compound.

• Water, $H_{2}O$ , is a pure substance, a compound made of hydrogen and oxygen. Although water is the most abundant substance on earth, it is rarely found naturally in its pure form.
• Most of the time, pure water has to be created. Pure water is called distilled water or deionized water.
• In distilled water all of the dissolved substances mixed in water have been removed by evaporation.