The second law of thermodynamics says that the total amount of entropy, or randomness, in the universe cannot decrease. However, we see all around us objects that become more ordered-for example, the development of a biological organism or water that freezes. The decrease in entropy, or randomness, in such cases does not violate the second law because
A) energy must be removed.
B) energy must be added.
C) there is always a greater increase in entropy somewhere else.
D) water and living things do not have entropy.
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