Multiple Choice
Which statement best explains how chemical reactions demonstrate the law of conservation of mass?
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Law of Conservation of Mass
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According to the Law of Conservation of Mass, what happens to the total mass of substances during a chemical change?
A
The total mass remains unchanged.
B
The total mass decreases.
C
The total mass fluctuates randomly.
D
The total mass increases.
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Recall the Law of Conservation of Mass, which states that mass cannot be created or destroyed in a chemical reaction.
Understand that during a chemical change, atoms are rearranged to form new substances, but the total number of atoms remains the same.
Since the number of atoms and their masses remain constant, the total mass of all substances before and after the reaction must be equal.
Therefore, the total mass of substances involved in a chemical change remains unchanged.
This principle explains why the correct answer is: The total mass remains unchanged.
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