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| An object or process that has multiple parts that work together to perform a job or a function |
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| any matter, energy or information that must go IN to a system in order to do its job |
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| any matter, energy, or information that goes OUT of a system as a result of doing its job |
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| any system where MATTER (as well as energy and information) can ENTER or LEAVE |
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| any system where matter CANNOT ENTER or LEAVE (however energy or information can) |
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| the outside surface or border of a system. Humans determine boundaries of the system(s) they choose to study. |
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| smaller parts within a system that perform a smaller job in order to make the whole system function or work properly. Example: classrooms within a school system or the skeletal system of the Human Body System |
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