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Environmental Issues

Question
CBSEENBI12047593

The maintenance of internal favourable conditions by a self-regulated mechanisms in spite of the fact that there are changes in environment, is known as

  • entropy

  • enthalpy

  • homeostasis

  • steady state

Solution

C.

homeostasis

Homeostasis is the maintenance of a constant internal environment by an organism. It enables the cells to function more efficiently.

Entropy is the degree of disorder or randomness in the system.

Enthalpy is the total heat content of the system.

Steady state is an unvarying condition in a physical process.