A group of scientists build a net along a section of the river to separate a group of foreign fish species from the rest of the river. They wish to determine

whether their experiment is a closed system by placing a colored dye in the fish's habitat and observing whether the dye escapes from the enclosure.

Could this experiment determine whether the system is closed or not? Justify your answer based on the definition of a closed system.

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Ann Boyd

Biology

1 June, 14:52

A group of scientists build a net along a section of the river to separate a group of foreign fish species from the rest of the river. They wish to determine

whether their experiment is a closed system by placing a colored dye in the fish's habitat and observing whether the dye escapes from the enclosure.

Could this experiment determine whether the system is closed or not? Justify your answer based on the definition of a closed system.

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Donovan Armstrong · Answer 1

The experiment could not determine whether the system is closed or not.

Explanation:

The net doesn't hold water. But it is a good part of the experiment for testing whether the system is closed or not with the dye (matter). The problem is that the experiment doesn't test the flow of the energy. And that's an important part to see whether the system is closed or not.