The Heat Death of The Universe
By Jacob Braunfeld
Heat
Death
In the
entire universe, there is a given amount of energy. That amount of energy never
changes due to the law of conservation. The law of conservation states that, in
an isolated system the amount of energy never changes because energy cannot be
created or destroyed. The 2nd law of thermodynamics says that if
energy can spread out it will. That is why perpetual motion machines are
theoretically impossible. Energy will always manage to spread out whenever it
can in minuscule amounts which eventually causes things to stop moving.
Anything
we do requires energy, moving, falling, even lying down. As long as our bodies
are actively working and are brains are actively making connections, we are
expending the energy that we get from our food. As humans grow more
technologically advanced we are expending and distributing more and more energy
in the form of burning fuels and other methods of energy gathering.
It is
estimated that in about 10100 years, the universe will reach appoint
called heat death. Heat death does not so much have to do with temperature as
it has to do with energy distribution. When anything happens, energy is moving
from one area, to an area with less energy. Because of this, when energy levels
are the same in a certain place, nothing can happen. It is theorized that the
heat death would be a full equilibrium of energy throughout the universe.
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