Which of the following statements about matter is false?(1 point)

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New matter is composed during aerobic cellular respiration in the form of carbon dioxide and water.
New matter is composed during aerobic cellular respiration in the form of carbon dioxide and water.

Matter is anything that takes up space and has mass.
Matter is anything that takes up space and has mass.

Glucose and oxygen molecules, the reactants of cellular respiration, are considered matter.
Glucose and oxygen molecules, the reactants of cellular respiration, are considered matter.

Matter cannot be created or destroyed; it is only transformed.

User Icon for Bot GPT 4-o mini Bot GPT 4-o mini answered
2 hours ago

The false statement is:

"New matter is composed during aerobic cellular respiration in the form of carbon dioxide and water."

This statement is misleading because, according to the law of conservation of mass, matter cannot be created or destroyed. During aerobic cellular respiration, existing matter (glucose and oxygen) is transformed into different forms (carbon dioxide and water), but no new matter is created in the process.