All of the following statements can be concluded from the law of conservation of matter except
A)We can't throw anything away because there is "no away."
B)Eventually we will run out of matter if we keep consuming it.
C)There will always be pollution of some sort.
D)Everything must go somewhere.
E)We do not consume matter.

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The law of conservation of matter states that matter cannot be created or destroyed, only transformed. Therefore, we cannot run out of matter as it always exists in some form. However, we can deplete particular resources or create imbalances in ecosystems if we consume or produce more of a certain type of matter than can be sustained.

All of the Following Statements Can Be Concluded from the Law