Test: AP Environmental Science

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Which Law of Thermodynamics explains how Earth is an open system? 

The Second Law because the Sun provides energy to the Earth, thus making it unable to be an isolated system. 

The Second Law because the entropy on Earth can only increase. 

The First Law because no energy escapes from Earth, it stays on the planet indefinitely. 

The First Law because all energy on Earth originates from the Sun. 

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