The second law of thermodynamics states that __________.
A) all of the food energy eaten by an organism can be used by that organism
B) in any transformation, some of the original energy is converted to heat or light and the system becomes more disordered
C)the total energy in the universe is increasing with time
D) the energy in the universe is constant
A) all of the food energy eaten by an organism can be used by that organism
The second law of thermodynamics states that things tend to become less organized rather than more organized, which occurs when the original energy source is diminished during transformations, like eating or burning firewood, by being converted to heat or light.
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