Living systems differ from nonliving systems in that energy not used to do work is lost as heat, reducing the total amount of energy in the universe.

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Both living and nonliving systems follow the laws of thermodynamics, where energy not used to do work is often lost as heat, but this does not reduce the total amount of energy in the universe due to the law of conservation of energy, which states that energy cannot be created or destroyed, only transformed.

Living Systems Differ from Nonliving Systems in That Energy Not