Part or Component
Solar System Subsystem
Type of Boundary the Solar System has
System Interaction
Boundary Types
Subsystem
Boundary definition
System
Function
The solar system interacts with what other systems?
Systems can be what items?
Solar system function
Solar System
Organisms, machines, planets, ideas, etc.
Each individual planet
Piece of a larger system
Outer edge of the system
Imaginary boundary
The planets, asteroids, meteors, and other items revolving around the sun
Every system interacts with other systems AND each system is a subsystem of an even larger system
Group of components or pieces that work together to perform a function
Other solar systems and stars outside our solar system
Solid outer shell OR imaginary
Group of components working together, but within a larger system. System within another system.
What the system is designed to do
To keep the planets and other items in orbit around the sun and provide solar energy for each planet from the sun