Question

43) Are any of the following phenomena reversible? Why or why not. a.) Breaking an empty soda bottle, b.) mixing a cocktail, c.)melting an ice cube in a glass of iced tea, d). evolution of a new animal species e). puncturing an automobile tire, f). writing this book.

Answer 1

given phenomenon

a. breaking of an empty soda bottle
b. mixing cocktgails
c. melting an ice cueb in a glass of iced tea
d. evolution of a new animal specie
e. puncturing an automobole tire
f. wrting this book

all these processes lead ot a situation where the chaos in the universe increases
hence we can say all these processes are accompanied with and entrpy increase
now ,

when from second law of thermodynamics
all irreversible processes have entropy change as +ve
hence all of these processes are irreversible in nature