According to the first law of thermodynamics,

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The first law of thermodynamics states that energy cannot be created or destroyed, only transferred or converted from one form to another. Therefore, option D is the correct answer. Option A talks about exothermic reactions, which may or may not happen, and option B talks about the tendency of entropy to increase, which is described by the second law of thermodynamics. Option C mentions potential energy, which again is not a generalization of the first law of thermodynamics.

According to the First Law of Thermodynamics