Isotope

Real World Example

Imagine you're trying to organize a group of friends for a dinner party, and each friend has slightly different dietary preferences. Just like how each friend is part of the same group but has unique requirements, isotopes are atoms of the same element that differ in the number of neutrons they contain. In this analogy, your group of friends represents the element, and each friend's dietary preference represents the varying number of neutrons in isotopes, showing how they can be the same at the core but have subtle differences.