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"Surroundings" refers to the area or environment around a specific place or object. The "universe" is the entirety of all space, time, matter, and energy, including the planets, stars, galaxies, and all other forms of matter and energy.

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Why is it important to define the system and the surroundings?

You can define a system as part of the universe on which you focus your attention. The surroundings include everything else in the universe. In thermochemical experiments, you can consider the region in the immediate vicinity of the system as the surroundings. A major goal of thermochemistry is to examine the flow of heat between the system and its surroundings.


What is Everything in the universe other than the system?

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What is a system plus its surroundings called?

A system plus its surroundings is referred to as the "universe" in thermodynamics. The system is the specific part of the universe being studied, while the surroundings include everything outside the system that can interact with it. The interactions between the system and its surroundings are crucial for understanding energy transfer and chemical reactions.


The region of the universe outside the system being studied is known as?

the term is "the surroundings" or "the environment"


What is an open system in enviromental science?

An open system is one that exchanges both matter and energy with its surroundings. For example, suppose Earth is a system and the universe is its surroundings. Earth is an open system, since it can exchange both energy and matter with its surroundings.


What the system means in thermodynamics an explain how the system is related to the surroundings and the universe?

If a reaction (or let's just say an object(the system)) is exothermic, it releases heat(exo means exit) into the surroundings. Because the heat leaves the system, the temperature of the object decreases and the surrounding get hotter. Conversely, if a system (an object or reaction) is endothermic, the object absorbs heat, increasing its own temperature and taking in heat from the surroundings, making the surroundings drop in temperature. Also, the energy of the universe is constant, but the entropy (measure of chaos in the world) is increasing. This heat we spoke of, lost or gained, is energy in the form of heat. However, conservation of energy still holds true because the heat isn't completely lost or added, but rather just transferred to different systems and surroundings.


You say all systems try to go to their stabler state and the Entropy of Universe is increasing how do you justify both the statements?

The state of maximum entropy of a system is the state when all the energy available to a system to do work is dissipated and is evened out with that of the surroundings. Therefore, the ability to do work relates to the difference in energy levels between a system and its surroundings. A system will carry on working for as long as there is energy difference between it and its surroundings. When the energy of a system and its surroundings evens out, the system ceases to function. All functional systems try, but fail to reach that equilibrium. The Universe as a system is no different. However, the energy which causes the universe to expand -- termed dark energy, which source remains unknown, cause the Universe to do work on its surroundings. Therefore, as a system, the Universe must receive or must have received its energy from its surroundings.


What would happen if a black hole sucked in all the stars and surroundings?

If a black hole "sucked" in all the surroundings (The Universe) then it would be the term "Big Crunch" where all matter is returned to the state prior to the Big Bang.


What do we call a collection of matter that does not interact with anything ealse in the universe?

That sounds like the description of "dark matter".


What does the second law of thermodynamic say about entropy?

The entropy of the universe is increasing


The region of the universe outside the system being studied is known as the?

The region of the universe outside the system being studied is known as the environment. It consists of all factors and entities that can potentially influence the system but are not part of it. Understanding and accounting for the environment is crucial in systems thinking and analysis.


What will happen if the temperature of the surroundings is above 0 degrees?

It depends on the surroundings of what? Which 0 degrees - Fahrenheit, centigrade (Celsius) or Kelvin. There is nothing in the universe at or below 0 deg kelvin. Unless there is other intelligent life out there somewhere the coldest temperatures any where in the universe have been created here on earth. Above 0 degrees Fahrenheit salt water melts. Above 0 degrees centigrade (Celsius) pure water melts.