When energy is conserved or transferred, some energy becomes unavailable to do useful work. What happened to the unavailable energy?
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It is given off as microwaves.
It is given off as microwaves.
It is given off as heat.
It is given off as heat.
It is conducted.
It is conducted.
It is completely destroyed.
It is completely destroyed.
It is converted into other forms of energy such as thermal energy or sound energy.
The unavailable energy is given off as heat.
When energy is conserved or transferred, some energy becomes unavailable to do useful work. This is due to the concept of entropy. Entropy is a measure of the disorder or randomness in a system. As energy is transferred or transformed, it tends to disperse and spread out, resulting in an increase in entropy.
The unavailable energy typically ends up being converted into heat. Heat is the transfer of thermal energy between objects or systems that are at different temperatures. When energy is dissipated or dispersed into a system, it eventually gets converted into heat energy due to the random motion of particles.
So, to answer your question, the unavailable energy becomes given off as heat. It is important to note that the energy itself is not completely destroyed but rather transformed into a form that is less useful for doing work.