According to the Law of Conservation of Matter, what happens to atoms during a chemical reaction?(1 point)

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The atoms are rearranged to form new substances.
The atoms are rearranged to form new substances.

More atoms are produced to form new substances.
More atoms are produced to form new substances.

Atoms are converted into energy during the chemical reaction.
Atoms are converted into energy during the chemical reaction.

Nothing; they stay the same.

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The correct response is:

The atoms are rearranged to form new substances.

According to the Law of Conservation of Matter, atoms are neither created nor destroyed in a chemical reaction; they are simply rearranged to form new compounds or substances.