1. Describe the law of conservation of energy.
2. Come up with a demonstration of the conservation of energy in action
3. How do energy transfer and transformation differ? How are they similar
4. Use an example from every day life to show how you could change an open system to a) a closed system and b) an isolated system.
5. Describe how a mesocosm like the one in our classroom appropriately models the earth with respect to closed and open system of both energy and matter.
6. Can you relate the earths closed and open systems to why we are having a challenge with climate and pollution?

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