The Example of Water Freezing into Ice Shows

question 48

Multiple Choice

The example of water freezing into ice shows

• A) an increase in entropy of the system.
• B) a decrease in entropy of the system.
• C) no change in the entropy of the system.
• D) a decrease in the entropy of the surroundings.

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Definitions:

Faulty Heuristics

Incorrect or misleading cognitive shortcuts that are used to make decisions or solve problems.

Neurons

Specialized cells within the nervous system that transmit information through electrical and chemical signals.

Visual Information

Data or knowledge that can be received and processed visually, often via illustrations, graphs, images, or video.

Overconfidence Effect

A mental distortion in which a person's belief in their own decision-making abilities exceeds the actual precision of those decisions.