How is active transport possible since it contradicts the second law of thermodynamics?

Which expression allows you to determine the mechanical advantage of an inclined plane? a. height of plane / input force b. length of plane / input force c. length of plane / height of plane d. height of plane / length of plane

Abird flies directly overhead from where you stand at an altitude of 300.0 m and at a speed horizontal to the ground of 20.0 m/s. the bird has a mass of 2.0 kg. the radius vector to the bird makes an angle \thetaθ with respect to the ground. the radius vector to the bird and its momentum vector lie in the xyxy-plane. what is the bird’s angular momentum about the point where you are standing?

Aspacecraft that renters the earth’s atmosphere drastically slows down. the amount of kinetic energy the spacecraft has as it reenters the earths atmosphere