Answered: Why do living system fight equilibrium

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Why do living system fight equilibrium

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A living cell’s primary task is transforming the foods taken in and using that to do the useful work. In these cellular metabolic reactions, some of the energy is lost as there is no ideal energy transformation from one form to another form. Inside living beings chemical energy transform into physical energy.

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In order to achieve the full efficient energy transformation living things wants equilibrium, but the molecules synthesized and then broken down by the continuous chemical reactions, involve a constant flux of mass and energy through the system.

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