Question

What does conserving mass mean in a chemical equation?


There are more of each type of atom on the product side than on the reactant side.


There are more of each type of atom on the reactant side than on the product side.


There is an equal number of each type of atom on the reactant and product side.


There is an unequal number of each type of atom on both sides of the equation.

Answer 1

The atoms are the smallest particle of an element.

They can take part in a chemical reaction.

During this process particles are neither created nor destroyed.

The atoms will be rearranged from reactants to products which have different properties.

Now in chemical reaction mass is never lost, it is always conserved.

The best example is precipitation reaction.