According to the first law of thermodynamics, what could happen when heat is added to a system?

The first law of thermodynamics says energy is conserved: heat added to a system can increase its internal energy, be used to do work, or be divided between the two. So heat could be turned into work done by the system. Energy is not created or destroyed, and the statement that internal energy decreases is not necessarily true.

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