living plant
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living plant
Is a living plant an open, closed or isolated system? because a human being is. What about a dead plant?
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Re: living plant
A living plant is an open system because it needs to exchange mass and energy with its surroundings to stay alive.
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A dead plant does not transfer heat with its surroundings so it is not an open loop.
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A living plant is an open system. Just think about it in terms of photosynthesis where it takes carbon dioxide from its surroundings to produce oxygen; thus there's a constant exchange/flow of mass and energy between the plant and its surroundings.
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Re: living plant
It is exchanging both matter (ex. CO2, O2) AND energy (ex. heat), so it is an open system.
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