Question

The total amount of energy before an explosion is _______ the amount of energy after an explosion.

A) greater than

B) less than

C)equal to

D) different than

Answer 1

As long as you are looking at an isolated system, energy is conserved.

Answer 2

http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/conser.html

Answer 3

yes, before explosion the energy is in the form of potential energy and after that it is in various other forms like KE, Sound energy, light energy, heat energy...etc. But the total amount of energy before and after the explosion is same.