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

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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
Nothing; they stay the same

The atoms in the reactants rearrange to form new substances.

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The correct response is:

The atoms in the reactants rearrange to form new substances.

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