A parent and a five-year-old child spent 30 minutes picking up all the toys from the floor and putting them away.The next evening, most of the toys were back on the floor.Which term best describes this observation?
A)conservation of energy
B)entropy
C)kinetic energy
D)conservation of matter

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Entropy is a measure of the amount of disorder or randomness in a system. In this scenario, the ordered state of the toys being put away is temporary, and without ongoing effort to maintain it, the toys naturally return to their more disordered state of being scattered on the floor. This is an example of an increase in entropy over time.

A Parent and a Five-Year-Old Child Spent 30 Minutes Picking