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Burning Steel Wool (Conservation of Mass Demo)

Last updated 23 days ago

3 questions

Worksheet link: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1y9mUVPxMRMPVDwaY2zWhepfJUqK0ufOyyvclWYTNM-4/edit?usp=sharing

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Question 1

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What was the mass of the tray and the steel wool at the start of the demo?

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Question 2

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What happened to the mass of the steel wool as it continued to burn?

Question 3

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Explain the difference in mass. How did it happen? You must draw and label a picture and describe what you think is happening in at least TWO sentences. You should be drawing atoms/molecules to help show what you think is happening (at the atomic scale).