Types of glacial systems

Question 1

Isolated system

Answer 1

• No interaction with anything outside the system boundary
• No input or output of energy or matter
• Many controlled laboratory experiments are this type of system.
• Rare in nature

Question 2

Closed system

Answer 2

• Transfers of energy both into and beyond the system boundary
• Not transfer of matter

Question 3

Open systems

Answer 3

• Matter and energy can be transferred from the system across the boundary into the surrounding environment