An isolated system could be best described as a

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Well, there are many definitions and descriptions of isolated systems, and here are some of them:

1. It can be a physical system which is located very very far from all other systems, so there is absolutely no interaction between them, thus making it isolated.

2. It can be a thermodynamic system with rigid walls, which prevents mass and energy to pass through.

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They carry out the exchange of gases as we breathe ( oxygen and carbon dioxide).