In a thermodynamically open system, energy and mass can be exchanged with the surroundings, so they are not conserved within the system itself. However, the total energy and mass of the entire system plus its surroundings remains conserved according to the first law of thermodynamics. Additionally, other properties like entropy may change, but the overall principle of conservation applies to the entire isolated system.
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