Question

A Student notes that a chunk of wood is much lighter after it has been burned. He concludes that burning a substance destroyed some of the mass in that substance. Doi you agree or disagree explain why or why not.

Answer 1

Answer:

No.

Explanation:

When mass is destroyed, it has to have been transformed into something else. Otherwise that would violate the Law of Conversion of Mass. In this case, the wood converted some of its mass in chemical energy to thermal (or heat) energy.