Multiple Choice
A violation of the second law of thermodynamics would occur if
A) a ball lying on the ground started to bounce.
B) transfer of energy by heat moved energy from an object at low temperature to an object at a higher temperature.
C) a refrigerator heated the air in the room in which the refrigerator is located.
D) any of the above occurred.
E) (a) or (b) occurred, but not (c) .
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