Answer to Question #149614 in Biochemistry for nayaa

Question

explain the second law of thermodynamics and why it is not violated by living organisms

Answer 1

The second thermodynamics law states that the amount of heat transfer occurs spontaneously from only higher temperature bodies to lower temperature bodies. Plants use sunlight in the process of photosynthesis. Animals, like herbivores, feed on plants, and consequently, human beings feed on animals and plants. This system is not closed, and we are continuously and constantly turning low entropy energy (light from the sun) into higher energy waste