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Does the second law of thermodynamics apply to the organization of life?
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∙ 6y ago
In a manner of speaking, but the second law applies to closed system and life is constantly the recipient of continual energy from the sun, thus putting entropy off for the foreseeable future. So life can become organized under these conditions.
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∙ 6y ago
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∙ 11y agoThe first law is the law of energy conservation, which means the energy in the world stays constant. Living organisms need continues energy (eg. Plants need sunlight as an energy to continue its function) to carry our their function, or in other words, keep living, because they cannot produce their own energy, The second law states that the conversion of energy increases entropy of the universe. During every energy transfer or transformation, some energy becomes disorder energy, which means it is unstable and cannot do work anymore. Therefore, living organisms need a continues energy supplier, so they can carry on work.
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∙ 11y agoThe first laws of thermodynamics deals with the conservation of matter and energy and states that energy cannot be created or destroyed but can only change from one form to another. For example, the energy of visible light is absorbed by green plants through photosynthesis. It is changed into chemical energy stored in the glucose molecules. Whereas, the second law of thermodynamics states that some useful energy is converted into unusable waste heat during every energy transformation. This heat energy escapes into the surrounding environment. Another way of saying the same thing would be that in energy transformation, some energy is always lost in the form of heat that is thereafter unavailable to do further useful work.
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∙ 9y agoThe first law says that energy is neither created or destroyed. The second law says that the universe tends towards increased entrophy. Thermodynamics are related to living organisms because they need the continuous source of energy to keep from breaking down.
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∙ 10y agoliving things cant create their own energy, they can only convert energy, according to the first law of thermodynamics, and an organism must remain well organized to remain alive and to grow.
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∙ 9y agoNot only can they, they must!
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A common creationist misconception is that the Second Law of Thermodynamics prohibits things getting more complex. The law is usually misrepresented as demanding that "everything runs down." But if this were true, not just evolution would be impossible, but also the growth of an adult human from a fertilized egg cell.The simplest counter to the creationist argument that "thermodynamics precludes evolution" is to observe that the second law does *not* prohibit a temporary, localized reversal of entropy. In the case of life on Earth, the laws of gravity and chemistry, combined with the energy provided by the sun, provide the engine that drives a localized, temporary (on cosmic scales) reversal of entropy.
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