jcano09 Posted June 4, 2009 Share Posted June 4, 2009 If the Law of Conservation of Matter states that matter cannot be created or destroyed, how is cell division possible, considering that cells are matter? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mokele Posted June 4, 2009 Share Posted June 4, 2009 Each daughter cell is half the mass of the parent cell. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcano09 Posted June 4, 2009 Author Share Posted June 4, 2009 so does that mean that each daughter cell and every preceding cell after that becomes increasingly lighter? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mokele Posted June 4, 2009 Share Posted June 4, 2009 No, they grow between divisions. In fact, growth is what triggers division. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Psycho Posted June 4, 2009 Share Posted June 4, 2009 There seem to be a lacking in knowledge of what biology/chemistry is actually based on. Organisms just interconvert different molecules into different structures. What goes in has to come out again just in a different form In a simple inorganic chemical example: 2 Na + 2 H2O --> 2 NaOH + H2 Everything that went in has come out again, the molecules cells are made of work on exactly the same principles but are far more complex with many more steps to create them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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