A marine scientist measures the energy found in a system consisting of seagrass and sunlight. After the seagrass grows for one week, the marine scientist concluded that radiant energy from the sunlight was transformed to chemical energy in the seagrass. Does this result validate or invalidate the Law of Conservation of Energy?

A=Validate, because energy cannot be created or destroyed but can change forms.

B = Invalidate, because energy should not enter an open system

C = Validate, because the overall energy in the seagrass is less

D = Invalidate, because this scenario describes an isolated system

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Elisa Branch

Biology

22 November, 20:09

A marine scientist measures the energy found in a system consisting of seagrass and sunlight. After the seagrass grows for one week, the marine scientist concluded that radiant energy from the sunlight was transformed to chemical energy in the seagrass. Does this result validate or invalidate the Law of Conservation of Energy?

A=Validate, because energy cannot be created or destroyed but can change forms.

B = Invalidate, because energy should not enter an open system

C = Validate, because the overall energy in the seagrass is less

D = Invalidate, because this scenario describes an isolated system

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Jack · Answer 1

' law of science that states that energy cannot be created or destroyed, but only changed from one form into another or transferred from one object to another.

The right answer would be A)