Question

iclicker: a child plays with a deck of cards and leaves the room. you politely pick up and organize the cards. which of the following is true during the action of organizing the cards? a) you become more ordered. b) the universe becomes more ordered. c) the deck of cards becomes more disordered. d) you and the room become more disordered. e) the ordering of a deck of cards is spontaneous.

Explanation:

This question relates to the concept of entropy in physics. Entropy is a measure of disorder. When you organize the cards, you reduce the disorder of the deck. According to the second - law of thermodynamics, any real - world process increases the total entropy of the universe. While you make the deck of cards more ordered, you expend energy in the process, and the overall entropy of the universe increases. However, the deck of cards itself becomes more ordered.

Answer:

b) The universe becomes more ordered.