Wild Plants Readily Grow "All by Themselves" Yet the Molecules

question 77

Multiple Choice

Wild plants readily grow "all by themselves" yet the molecules of the growing plant have less entropy than the materials used to make the plant.How is it possible for a there to be this decrease in entropy for a process that occurs all by itself?

• A)A decrease in entropy does not necessarily mean that a reaction if favored to proceed on its own.It happens in this instance but not in others.
• B)There is no decrease in entropy when wild plants grow.All growing plants tend to display an increase in entropy.
• C)Wild plants don't grow "all by themselves." When we consider the entire system,including the sun,we find an overall increase in entropy.
• D)Life on Earth "arises on its own." It does not depend on entropy processes.

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