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Explain how the flow of energy is linked to entropy and how the law of conservation of matter applies to the carbon cycle

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The first law of thermodynamics is equivalent to the law of conservation of energy: energy cannot be created or destroyed; the total amount of energy in the Universe is fixed. Energy can be transformed from one form to another or transferred from one place to another but the total energy must remain unchanged.

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