A piece of paper burns in a closed flask. As it burns, does the number of atoms in the flask increase, decrease, or remain the same? A. The number and type of atoms increase. B. The number and type of atoms decrease. C. The number and type of atoms remain the same. D. The number of atoms remains the same but the types of atoms change. E. None of the above. The paper is not made up of atoms.
Probably the answer is B. The number of atoms decreases, the energy that is produced changing the type of atoms ( the quantity of paper) if the burning process is possible in a closed flask
