Oxygen Atoms Are Used to Make Water Molecules

Multiple Choice

Oxygen atoms are used to make water molecules.Does this mean that oxygen, O₂ ,and water, H₂ O,have similar properties?

A) Yes,and this explains how fish are able to breathe water.
B) Yes,but that their properties are similar is only a coincidence.
C) No,but their similar properties are only a coincidence.
D) No,compounds are uniquely different from the elements from which they're made.