DhaMoni Lee

Law of conservation of matter

Who, What, When, Where, and Why(1pts)
1.Who invented the law of conservation of mass?

Antoine Laurent Lavoisier: In a chemical reaction, matter is neither

created nor destroyed.
2. What is the law of conservation of mass?
The principle that in any closed system subjected to no external forces, the
mass is constant irrespective of its changes in form; the principle that matter
cannot be created or destroyed.
3. When was the law of conservation of mass discovered?
The Law of Conservation of Mass (or Matter) in a chemical reaction can
be stated thus: In a chemical reaction, matter is neither created nor
destroyed. It was discovered by Antoine Laurent Lavoisier (1743-94)
about 1785
4. Where does the law of conservation of mass apply?
The Law of Conservation of Mass applies as the total mass of the
products is equal to the total mass of... The Law of Conservation of Mass
tells us that matter is neither created nor destroyed during a chemical
reaction
5. Why is the law of conservation of mass?
The law of conservation of mass is very important to the study and
production of chemical reactions. If scientists know the quantities and
identities of reactants for a reaction, they can predict the amounts of
products that will be made.

Citations: Credits to Google

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Law of Conservation of Matter summary in my own

words(2pts)

I’m going to take the regular definition and try to

summarize it to a way I understand it, and maybe
you too. The definition law of conservation of
matter is that the principle that matter cannot be
created or destroyed but I can change. That
definition alone is simple enough but maybe you
can think of it as paper getting burned. light
molecules, heat and vapors would be equal to
the paper. candy getting smashed into candy, or
lice to water to steam, its basically a simple thing
to understand.
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An interview with Anthony Cruz(3pts)

I asked a couple of my friends about the topic and they

wasn’t too keen on the interview, but my good friend
Anthony knew a good portion of the standard, so I asked
him a few questions. The first question I asked was a
simple,” What is the law of conservation of matter?” He
wasn’t quick to answer but it took a couple seconds for
him to answer. At first, he asked me for clarification if the
answer he said was right. He said,” is it the thing where
you can’t destroy it or something?” When he said that I
knew that he needed a refresher because he was on the
right track. So, I told him “yea, you said a piece of it, it’s the
principle that matter can’t be destroyed nor created.” In
addition, as soon as I said that he added “but It can be
changed” And that’s facts. I also asked if he can think of
any examples and he knew some examples, he said “paper
and like liquid, and things you can rip or tear.” All of those
are right and I didn’t debate at all. So, after about 5 min,
we went on to class before the bell rung.
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Relating the standard to a real-world situation(4pts)

As I was figuring out a situation I was trying to find a good
thought out one because there are a lot of small ones like
paper, candy, water, wood, metal, etc. a lot of easy
thought of examples. So, the example is not that complex,
imagine you enter a closed system, a room that is perfectly
sealed where nothing can enter the room, and nothing can
escape. In this closed system, you light a candle and let it
burn, watching as some of the wax seems to disappear as
the flame travels down the wick. Though much of the wax
itself is no longer present in its original form, all the mass
of the wax is still present in the room, anything that has
mass, including matter and energy, cannot be created or
destroyed. That means, mass cannot simply appear out of
nowhere and equally it cannot disappear. Matter may
change forms however, giving the illusion of nothing out of
something or vice versa, but the mass of the matter is
always the same before and after the change. So, in
conclusion the wax isn’t gone its physical properties
changed.
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How would I prove or disprove ideas about the

standard(5pts)
There are lots of ways to prove ideas about the standard,
of course there is a lot of examples to demonstrate too.
Paper, (I know I used paper often but that’s only because it
gets as simple as that) you can rip it, its still paper, you can
fold it, it is still paper. Candy you can break it, its still candy.
Or if you want to break it down, it can be any physical
properties such as:
1. Evaporation- liquid to gas
2. Condensation- Gas to liquid
3. Freezing- liquid to solid
4. Sublimation- solid to gas
5. Melting- solid to liquid water
6. Deposition- gas(vapor) to solid
And there is probably more but, I proved enough to the
point where you’ll understand what I’m proving.