Entropy in daily life

We already explained that entropy is the disorder or randomness in a system, but do we we know where to find it our daily life and how it affects us?

Entropy and weather: Entropy means that all matter and energy in an isolated system moves towards thermodynamic equilibrium. The pressure in one part of the weather will always expand seeking equilibrium with areas of lower pressure. The presence of heat in one part of the atmosphere will seek equilibrium with the cooler parts of the atmosphere. Because of many factors like the suns heat, the atmosphere, earths gravity, differentials in temperature and pressure are created, that there after evolve towards equilibrium with the other parts of the atmosphere.

For example, why are tornadoes created?
When hot air raises up to the atmosphere and crashes or mixes with the cool air that is coming down from the atmosphere, a difference in pressure is created making the air spin faster and faster therefore creating a tornado.




A camp fire is another example of entropy because when the solid wood burns and becomes ash, smoke, and gases. All of which are far more disordered than solid fuel.

An example that everyone can find at home is a messy room: When you clean your room, it doesn't stay neat on its own. Unless you do work each day to keep things picked up, your shoes find their way out of the closet to the side of your bed, the jewelry, coins, and beauty products on your dresser get all jumble up, and your laundry pile grow every time you decide to change your outfit. Even the bed sheets get all scrambled.



And perhaps the most simple example of all, a bad hair day: When your hair is brushed and clean, it looks good and doesn't move. But when its all messy and greasy, it impossible to brush it down.