Question

A can of soft drink at room temperature is put into the refrigerator so that it will cool. Would you model the can of soft drink as a closed system or as an open system? Explain.

Answer 1

Open system

Explanation:

We are putting can of soft drink in the refrigerator so that it will cool down. As we can see the can of soft drink cool down when it releases its heat to the refrigerator. As it can exchange its temperature with it's surrounding so it will be an open system. If it would be a closed system then it won't be able to release its heat to the surrounding so it won't be able to cool down.