Question

What happens in a chemical reaction?
a.
Atoms are destroyed.
c.
Molecules are created.
b.
Atoms are created.
d.
Atoms are rearranged.

Answer 1

Answer:

d.  Atoms are rearranged.

Explanation:

In a chemical reaction, what happens is that atoms are simply rearranged when the process takes place.

According to the law of conservation of mass "in a chemical reaction, matter is neither created nor destroyed but atoms are simply rearranged".

Therefore:

1. Atoms are not created
2. Atoms are not destroyed
3. Atoms are simply rearranged.