Explaining Magnetic Domains
Taylor places a nail on a bar magnet. The nail sticks to
the magnet when lifted up off the table. She touches a
paperclip to the nail and it sticks to the nail. Explain what
happened to the magnetic domains of the nail before and
after touching it to the bar magnet.

The law of entropy can also be called the law of increasing disorder, but this law seems to contradict the existence of living organisms that are able to organize chemicals into organic molecules. prepare for a class debate on the validity of the following arguments: a. living things are not subject to the laws of thermodynamics. b. the increase in the universe's entropy due to life processes is greater than the decrease in entropy within a living organism.