Question

The law of conservation of mass states that matter can/cannot be created

or destroyed, even after a chemical change

a. Can
b. Cannot

Answer 1

Cannot

Step-by-step explanation:

The Law of Conservation of Mass dates from Antoine Lavoisier's 1789 discovery that mass is neither created nor destroyed in chemical reactions. In other words, the mass of any one element at the beginning of a reaction will equal the mass of that element at the end of the reaction.