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false: matter cannot be destroyed
Matter
The statement you provided is known as the Law of Conservation of Mass. This law states that in a chemical reaction, matter is neither created nor destroyed, but can only change form or be rearranged. It is a fundamental principle in chemistry.
Matter can neither be created or destroyed, just changed in form.
When a match burns, the chemical reaction of combustion converts the match's material—primarily wood and chemicals—into heat, light, water vapor, and gases like carbon dioxide. This process involves breaking down the molecular structure of the original matter, effectively transforming it into energy and new substances. While mass is conserved according to the law of conservation of mass, the original matter is altered and no longer exists in its initial form. Thus, in a sense, the match's original matter is "destroyed" as it changes into different forms.
As the law of conservation of matter states: matter can neither be created nor destroyed. So no, carbon can't be destroyed.
What happens would depend on what sort of matter you are stirring in.
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No, energy does not have matter. Energy is a property that an object or a system can have, while matter refers to physical substance that occupies space and has mass. They are distinct concepts in physics.
Matter can neither be created or destroyed, the same goes for energy
The law of conservation of mass states that matter cannot be created or destroyed, only transformed into different forms. This principle is based on the idea that atoms are never lost or created in chemical reactions, but are rearranged into new combinations. Therefore, matter can change from one form to another, but it cannot be completely destroyed.