Heat spreading through a metal rod until its temperature is uniform is an example of:

  1. work being created
  2. a reversible process
  3. a system becoming less orderly (entropy increasing)
  4. entropy decreasing
Answer

C) a system becoming less orderly (entropy increasing)

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