Science UNIT 4 Matter Interactions LESSON 10 Law of Conservation of Matter Answers
1. The reaction produced a gas that escaped the beaker.
2. The newspaper’s initial mass will equal the total mass of the ashes and the gases released
3. rearranged
4. Each sculpture’s mass is 100 grams.
5. 2H2 +O2 → 2H2O
6. The law of conservation of matter states that matter cannot be created or destroyed in a chemical reaction, only rearranged.
7. The total mass of the reactants must equal the total mass of the products in a chemical reaction, according to the law of conservation of matter.
8. Conservation of matter is important in understanding and predicting chemical reactions and their outcomes.