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, H₂O, 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.