Living organisms increase in complexity as they grow, resulting in a decrease in the entropy of an organism. How does this relate to the second law of thermodynamics?

A) Living organisms do not obey the second law of thermodynamics, which states that entropy must increase with time.

B) Living organisms do not follow the laws of thermodynamics.

C) As a consequence of growing, organisms cause a greater increase in entropy in their environment than the decrease in entropy associated with their growth.

D) Living organisms are able to transform energy into entropy.

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Helena Trevino

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10 February, 22:34

Living organisms increase in complexity as they grow, resulting in a decrease in the entropy of an organism. How does this relate to the second law of thermodynamics?

A) Living organisms do not obey the second law of thermodynamics, which states that entropy must increase with time.

B) Living organisms do not follow the laws of thermodynamics.

C) As a consequence of growing, organisms cause a greater increase in entropy in their environment than the decrease in entropy associated with their growth.

D) Living organisms are able to transform energy into entropy.

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Jimena Lester · Answer 1

C: As a consequence of growing, organisms cause a greater increase in entropy in their environment than the decrease in entropy associated with their growth.

Explanation:

Particularly, whole organisms on the earth obtain the energy from sunlight, and the sun is undertake an vast increase in entropy that simply compensates for the reducing entropy of living things on this small planet.