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Not ALL energy comes from the Sun, though nearly all energy on Earth does. Plants store solar energy as chemical energy through photosynthesis. Fossil fuels are just very old plants. Wind power comes from wind (duh), which is driven by uneven heating of the Earth's surface ... Sun again. Hydropower comes from water running downhill; if it weren't for the Sun evaporating water to fall as rain UPhill, then all the water would already be as downhill as it could get.
So, what's NOT ultimately solar power?
Tidal power comes only partly from the Sun. The Moon raises stronger tides. Arguably without the Sun there would be no liquid water on Earth, so it gets an assist, but this is really driven by the Moon.
Geothermal power comes from heat deep within the Earth, which is at least partily residual from the formation of the Earth. The Sun really doesn't have a lot to do with this one.
Nuclear power comes from the decay of unstable heavy nuclides (well, almost all of it does; we don't have a handle on fusion yet, except in the H-bomb sense, and that's not really all that useful for power generation). These were produced by a Sun, but not our Sun, so it's up to you on whether that counts or not.
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Were doess energy come from?
All energy comes from the sun
Where does the energy for all life come from?
From the Sun.
Where does all energy for life come from?
From the Sun.
Where does all energy for life on earth come from?
the sun
Where does all the energy for a food chain come from?
The Sun!
Where does the energy come that is used from all living things?
All earth's energy comes from the sun.
Where does the primary energy of all living things come from?
The Sun.
Where does almost all of the energy fuels life come from?
the sun
Where does all energy on earth come from?
MOST of the energy comes from the Sun.MOST of the energy comes from the Sun.MOST of the energy comes from the Sun.MOST of the energy comes from the Sun.
Why sun is called the element souces of energy?
Because all the energy on and in the Earth will have come, in one form or another, from the Sun. e.g. coal will have form from plants that only grew because of the Sun's energy. However, when considering nuclear power, atoms did not come from the Sun and nuclear energy is not due to the Sun.
Where does all the energy in the food chain come from?
Because when you eat you get energy and a food chain tells you which animal eats what
Where does all energy for living things come from?
it comes from the photosynthesis
