Which of the following statements about matter is false?

Question

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

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

Matter is anything that takes up space and has mass.

New matter is created during aerobic cellular respiration.

Answer 1

The false statement among the options provided is:

New matter is created during aerobic cellular respiration.

This statement is incorrect because, according to the law of conservation of mass, matter cannot be created or destroyed; it is only transformed or rearranged. During cellular respiration, glucose and oxygen are transformed into carbon dioxide and water, but no new matter is created in the process.