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What is a

What is a. system?. A system is a group of interrelated, interacting or interdependent parts that form a complex whole. A system can be. living or nonliving. dynamic or static. made up of subsystems.

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  1. What is a system?

  2. A system is a group of interrelated, interacting or interdependent parts that form a complex whole. A system can be living or nonliving dynamic or static made up of subsystems

  3. The United States has amonetary system, the system of money and banking, established by law and subject to control by the Federal Reserve. The banking system,asubsystemofthe monetary system, consists of commercial banks, savings institutions and credit unions. Is the banking system static or dynamic? Explain.

  4. igneous rock sedimentary rock metamorphic rock Many systems include cycles. Changes can occur within cycles, which can affect the entire system. heat/pressure weather/erosion The rock cycle is part of the way planet Earth works as a system.

  5. Change constancy and occur in systems and can be observed and measured as patterns.

  6. igneous rock heat/pressure weather/erosion sedimentary rock metamorphic rock Many systems in equilibrium, including cycles, have a number of parts that remain constant. Natural changes occur within the rock cycle, yet the cycle itself is relatively constant.

  7. Constancy and change can both be observed in patterns in ecosystems. The relationship between the numbers of predators and prey in an ecosystem changes from year to year. Abiotic changes also occur regularly (seasonal), and irregularly (drought, forest fires, etc.) within ecosystems.

  8. Counterbalancing changes are often necessary for a system to maintain homeostasis and to retain its essential constancy in spite of changing conditions.

  9. Sports Analogies The players change, but the team remains. What happened to the team when… … Alex Rodriguez left the Texas Rangers? … Troy Aikman retired? … Eddie Belfour lost his position to Marty Turco?

  10. Bibliography AAAS Project 2061 Benchmarks for Science Literacy. 2003. NASA. Available: online http://www.nsip.net/solarexplorer/grades.cfm Environmental Science. 2003. Jones and Bartlett Publishers. Available: online http://environment.jbpub.com/chapterreview.cfm?chapternumber=7 Vehicles for Understanding and Doing.. 2003. Jones and Bartlett Publishers. Available: online http://www.coe.uga.edu/framework/chapters/3three.html Modified from 2004 Plano ISD

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