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In a chemical reaction occurring in an open beaker, the reactants have a mass of 10.0 g and contain 1000 J of energy. The products in the beaker contain a mass of 5.0 g and 500 J of energy. Which best explains the difference in energy and mass as reactants are converted to products?

kinetic energy
closed systems
law of conservation of energy
electromagnetic energy

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Answer:

Its C its C its C

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This happens because the beaker is open.

The Law of Mass Conservation says that in a close system all the mass and energy should be the same.

If the system is open, as in the case, we can have loss of mass, due to formation of gas, that will leave the beaker to the environment, and we can also have loss of energy, because the system will exchange the energy, as heat, with the environment, causing a loss on the total energy.

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