Ryan and Abigail are conducting an experiment. They place six ice cubes into a beaker and find the combined mass. They allow the
ice cubes to melt and find the combined mass of the beaker and the liquid water. A
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After
What can the students expect to be true about the two masses?
The mass of the ice cubes will be greater because solids are more dense.
The mass of the ice cubes will be greater because they took up more space in the beaker.
The mass of the ice cubes and the water will be equal because the same amount of matter is in the beaker
The mass of the ice cubes and the water will be equal because their particles have the same amount of energy
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The mass of the ice cubes and the water will be equal because the same amount of matter is in the beaker.
Matter is anything that has mass and occupy space. All substances are composed of matter. According to the law of conservation of mass, matter can neither be created nor destroyed but can be converted from one form to another.
Since mass is the quantity of matter in a substance, the mass of the ice cubes and the water will be equal because the same amount of matter is in the beaker.
