Living Organisms Increase in Complexity as They Grow,resulting in a Decrease

question 24

Multiple Choice

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)The complexity is actually associated with greater disorder than the level of disorder associated with the organism at early stages of development.
• 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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