In a closed system, what happens to entropy over time?
Category: Science · Difficulty: expert
Hint: Consider the second law of thermodynamics.
Answer
It tends to rise
Explanation
The second law of thermodynamics states that the total entropy of an isolated system can never decrease over time.
This is a expert science riddle — one of the harder riddles here. The answer is It tends to rise.
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