Barrons AP Environmental Science

(Marvins-Underground-K-12) #1

  1. (C) The first law of thermodynamics states that energy can be changed from
    one form to another but it cannot be created or destroyed. The total amount
    of energy and matter in the universe remains constant, merely changing
    from one form to another. The second law of thermodynamics states that as
    energy is transferred or transformed, more and more of it is wasted. It also
    states that there is a natural tendency for any isolated system to degenerate
    into a more disordered state (entropy).

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