Biology: Concepts and Investigations
Biology: Concepts and Investigations
5th Edition
ISBN: 9781260259049
Author: Hoefnagels
Publisher: MCG
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Chapter 4.1, Problem 4MC
Summary Introduction

To determine:

The reason for increase in the amount of entropy in the universe.

Concept introduction:

The study of energy transfer that occurs in molecules or a collection of molecules is called thermodynamics. The second law of thermodynamics is about entropy and states that there will always be an increase in entropy if the system is isolated.

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