Difference between systems? [ENDORSED]

[Nahal 1F]

Can someone please explain the exact definitions of open, closed and isolated systems?

[Sarah Clemens 1B]

Closed has a fixed amount fo energy but it can exchange energy with its surroundings (cold pack)
Open can exchange both matter and energy with the surroundings (human body)
Isolated has no contact with its surroundings (thermos)

[Minie 1G]

An open system freely exchanges energy and matter with its surroundings. The simplest example of this is boiling water, where both water can leave in the form of vapor and it gives off heat. A closed system only exchanges energy with its surroundings, so this is like boiling water with a lid on. You've now prevented the water vapor from escaping your system, but the pot is still hot and making its surroundings hotter.

And an isolated system doesn't exchange anything with its surroundings. So ideally, a thermos is supposed to keep whatever you put in it at the same temperature and the material inside can't get out either.

[Bansi Amin 1D]

Is a thermos still considered an isolated system if a person drinks from it?

[Kennedy Moore 1D]

Once a person opens the thermos to drink, it becomes an open system, as both mass (the water) and energy (heat) can flow from the system to the surroundings and vice versa.

[Victoria Draper 1G]

An open system can exchange both matter and energy with its surroundings. A closed system can only exchange energy with its surrounding but not matter. An isolated system cannot exchange neither energy nor matter given the fact that it lacks any contact with its surroundings.

[Julianna Thrasher 1B]

Kennedy is correct about the thermos. It is isolated until it is opened for a drink then it becomes an open system. When the drink is taken and done and the bottle is closed again, the system is re-isolated. The system will go to equilibrium at a new temperature/heat that may not be the same as it was before it was opened to exchange matter and energy with the surroundings.

[Abby Ellstrom 1I]

Open system - exchange energy and matter
Closed system - exchange only energy not matter
Isolated system - cannot exchange energy nor matter

[Shreya Ramineni 2L]

An open system can transfer matter and/or energy. A closed system system can transfer energy not matter. An isolated system cannot transfer either.