The second law of thermodynamics states that spontaneous processes tend to be accompanied by entropy increase. consider, however, the following spontaneous processes: the growth of plants from simple seeds to well-organized systems the growth of a fertilized egg from a single cell to a complex adult organism the formation of snowflakes from molecules of liquid water with random motion to a highly ordered crystal the growth of organized knowledge over time in all these cases, systems evolve to a state of less disorder and lower entropy, apparently violating the second law of thermodynamics. could we, then, consider them as processes occurring in systems that are not isolated? the second law of thermodynamics states that spontaneous processes tend to be accompanied by entropy increase. consider, however, the following spontaneous processes: the growth of plants from simple seeds to well-organized systems the growth of a fertilized egg from a single cell to a complex adult organism the formation of snowflakes from molecules of liquid water with random motion to a highly ordered crystal the growth of organized knowledge over time in all these cases, systems evolve to a state of less disorder and lower entropy, apparently violating the second law of thermodynamics. could we, then, consider them as processes occurring in systems that are not isolated? true false