Living organisms maintain order by:

  1. creating energy
  2. breaking the second law
  3. decreasing the universe's entropy
  4. using energy and increasing the entropy of their surroundings
Answer

D) using energy and increasing the entropy of their surroundings

They release heat and waste. SLO P-11-C-21 · Understanding

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