Your aunt sally knows that you're taking an environmental science course and says she has a question for you, "what does it mean when environmentalists say we need to reduce consumption of disposable goods, since there really is no 'away' to throw things? " to her understand the science behind the issue, you explain the a) second law of thermodynamics b) competitive exclusion principle c) first law of thermodynamics d) principle of conservation of matter

d) Principle of Conservation of Matter

Explanation:

Principle of Conservation of Matter -

According to the law of conservation of matter, matter is the substance which ac not be created and even it can not be destroyed , hence we need to have the same number of atoms before and after the reaction constant during a chemical change or process of chemical as were number of atoms and type of atoms present before the chemical change .

Hence , from the options , the correct answer is the Principle of Conservation of Matter .