Question 5 • 25-26 CHEMISTRY IN THE EARTH SYSTEM S1
Entropy is associated with how dispersed or disordered matter is. Sweeping a pile of dirt into a controlled place makes the floor cleaner and the dirt more organized, so the entropy of that area decreases. Rusting and evaporation spread matter into less ordered states, while a growing tree is not as direct an example of decreasing entropy in the choices.
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