Author Question: Which has more entropy: a shuffled deck of playing cards or an unshuffled deck of the same make and ... (Read 106 times)

tiara099 · **on:** Aug 27, 2018

Which has more entropy: a shuffled deck of playing cards or an unshuffled deck of the same make and brand?

A) These cards have the same entropy because they are made of the same material, have the same mass, and are at the same temperature.
B) The shuffled deck has more entropy since it has a greater measure of disorder.
C) The unshuffled deck has more entropy because it comes packaged with a totally random order of appearance. Shuffling the deck ultimately adds order and reduces entropy.
D) The difference in entropy in the two decks could only be determined after examining both stacks of cards side by side once the unshuffled deck had been shuffled.

Question 2

Why might a change in pH cause a protein to denature?

A) The functional groups that give the protein its shape become protonated or deprotonated.
B) The water hardens and causes the protein's shape to change.
C) The hydrogen bonds between the hydrophobic portions of the protein collapse due to extra protons.
D) The disulfide bridges open.
E) all of the above