Study Guide for Campbell Biology
11th Edition
ISBN: 9780134443775
Author: Lisa A. Urry, Michael L. Cain, Steven A. Wasserman, Peter V. Minorsky, Jane B. Reece, Martha R. Taylor, Michael A. Pollock
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 55, Problem 1TYK
The inefficiency of energy transformations is related to the
- a. first law of
thermodynamics . - b. second law of thermodynamics.
- c. third law of thermodynamics.
- d. law of conservation of mass.
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