Question

The picture on the left represents the reactants in the equation and the picture on the right represents the products. Does this reaction follow the law of conservation of matter?

• No,there are different kinds of atoms are present in the products as in the reactants.

•No, because there are new products than the reactants.

•No, because there are not the same number of molecules in the product side as in the reactant side.

•yes, the same number and kind of atoms are present in the products as in the reactants.

Answer 1

The answer is , no, because there are not the same number of molecules in the product side as in the reactant side.

The law of conservation of matter says that the system remains the same throughout. The number of atoms, mass and energy must stay constant. If you look at your figure there are more white atoms on the left side than the right, this means that there was a loss and this should not be the case.