Does biological evolution violate the law of entropy, and why or why not?
A) No, because the energy increase of Earth's living organisms is exactly balanced by the energy decrease of the radiation flowing through those organisms.
B) No, because the increase in the entropy of the radiation passing through living organisms is greater than the decrease in the entropy of those organisms.
C) No, because Earth's organisms actually increase their own entropy during evolution, despite the appearance that they are becoming better organized.
D) Yes, because this law is violated in situations involving energy from the sun.
E) Yes, because this law is violated when new species are created on Earth.
B
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A. 0.00337 
B. 0.00457
C. 0.00766
D. 0.00980
E. 0.00245
A system in equilibrium cannot have
A. any forces on it B. a non-zero velocity C. any torques on it D. a non-zero acceleration
What is this object?
A) Jupiter's moon Europa B) Saturn's moon Titan C) Uranus's moon Miranda D) Neptune's moon Triton E) Jupiter's moon Callisto
When 1.0 kg of steam at 100°C condenses to water at 100°C, what is the change in entropy of the steam? The latent heat of vaporization of water is 22.6 × 105 J/kg
A) zero B) 6.1 × 103 J/K C) -6.1 × 103 J/K D) 22.6 × 105 J/K E) -22.6 × 105 J/K