Biology: The Dynamic Science (MindTap Course List)
Biology: The Dynamic Science (MindTap Course List)
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Author: Peter J. Russell, Paul E. Hertz, Beverly McMillan
Publisher: Cengage Learning
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The complexity of the trees increases as they develop from seeds to adult. Whether the development of the tree violates the second law of thermodynamics and the reason behind it.

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The study of energy and its conversion to one form into another (transformation) is called thermodynamics. The term thermodynamics correlates between heat, work, energy, and temperature. There are three laws in thermodynamics: the first law of thermodynamics (law of conservation of energy), the second law of thermodynamics, and the third law of thermodynamics.

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