Suppose that the Earth was thermally insulated from the rest of the universe so that it was...

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  1. Suppose that the Earthwas thermally insulated from the rest of the universe so that itwas an isolated system. Describe the entropy of the Earth as afunction of time.

  2. Consider taking twoidentical ice cubes out of the freezer. You place one in a cup andlet it melt; you take the other and smash it with a hammer and thenput it in an identical cup and allow it to melt. Compare theentropy changes of the two ice cubes.

  3. Upon freezing, waterbecomes more orderly and its entropy decreases. Explain why thisprocess does not violate the second law of thermodynamics.

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