If you burn a piece of wood you will feel heat see water vapor and be left with ashes how come the matter was not destroyed

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23 April, 13:50

If you burn a piece of wood you will feel heat see water vapor and be left with ashes how come the matter was not destroyed

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Georgia Brock · Answer 1

You cant destroy matter only transform it.

Theresa Torres · Answer 2

a fair amount of matter is destroyed. if you weigh a piece of wood before you burn it and the ashes after, you see the difference in weight leftover. you get very little water vapor from a properly dried chunk of wood. wet wood doesnt burn well.