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ANALYZE Define a system you interact with every day. Is the system

open, closed, or isolated? How do matter and energy flow into, out
of, or within the system?

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Answer:

A system that we use daily or almost every day is, for example, when boiling water for cooking.

Step-by-step explanation:

This is the case of an open system.

Boiling water in a pot without a lid, exchanges heat energy and mixes with its surroundings when it enters a gaseous state.

The energy introduced into the system by the fire transforms the water into gas, which is released back into the environment. Without that constant heat injection, the water will stop boiling; and without room to get out, the steam (matter) will increase the pressure until the pot burst.

You can find examples like these anywhere, knowing the definition of each system:

  • Open systems. The most predominant of all, are characterized by exchanging energy and / or matter with the environment that surrounds them, either taking from it, expelling towards it or both.
  • Closed systems. Unlike the previous ones, they exchange energy (heat, work) with the outside, but never matter (their mass remains intact).
  • Isolated systems. They are so called because they do not exchange energy or matter of any kind with their environment, they are considered a system disconnected from the dynamics around them. Completely isolated systems do not really exist in the universe, so they are considered cases of abstraction in determined periods of time. They are assumed in thermodynamic equilibrium.
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