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27 March, 23:18

A camper burned a piece of paper to start a campfire. is burning paper a physical or chemical change? why?

If you said chemical, what are the reactants and products?

The ash has less mass than the paper, was mass conserved during the reaction? explain

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  1. 28 March, 01:09
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    A camper burning a piece of paper to start a campfire is a chemical change - the way you can think of this is to consider the fact that the paper cannot be put back together and has become ash, so this is therefore a chemical change. The carbon in the paper is oxidized into other chemical including carbon dioxide. Mass was conserved during this reaction because the mass is still the same, just in a different form.
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