AP BIOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -Entropy is a measure of randomness and disorder; high entropy means high disorder and low energy. As chemical reactions reach a state of equilibrium, entropy increases; and as molecules at a high concentration in one place diffuse and spread out, entropy also increases.

Detailed explanation-2: -entropy, the measure of a system’s thermal energy per unit temperature that is unavailable for doing useful work. Because work is obtained from ordered molecular motion, the amount of entropy is also a measure of the molecular disorder, or randomness, of a system.

Detailed explanation-3: -As defined by author and management consultant Peter Druker, “Entropy is a measure of disorder, and it is based on probabilities and the possible combinations in a given system.

Detailed explanation-4: -The word entropy is used in several different ways in English, but it always refers to some notion of randomness, disorder, or uncertainty. For example, in physics the term is a measure of a system’s thermal energy, which is related to the level of random motion of molecules and hence is a measure of disorder.

Detailed explanation-5: -broadly : the degree of disorder or uncertainty in a system. : the degradation of the matter and energy in the universe to an ultimate state of inert uniformity. Entropy is the general trend of the universe toward death and disorder.