It warms the earth, makes it light, and is used to collect energy.
conduction
Personification. The sun is being described as performing a human action, here.
The sun's energy is used to grow food, you eat and digest the food and get energy from it.
People used to believe that the sun was being eaten when they saw a solar eclipse the sun was being eaten.
Energy from the Sun, Electromagnetic energy.
Java was, and is, being developed by Sun Microsystems.Java was, and is, being developed by Sun Microsystems.Java was, and is, being developed by Sun Microsystems.Java was, and is, being developed by Sun Microsystems.
Pugs love being outdoors. I used to own one.
In that sentence, was is being used as an auxiliary verb to help complete the passive verb phrase "was used".
A skateboard does not directly get energy from the sun. However, solar panels can be used to convert sunlight into electricity, which can then be used to power technologies like electric skateboards.
The word "sun" is not usually capitalized in a sentence. The exception is if it is used in context with other planets that are being capitalized in the sentence. Ex: "Jupiter is closer to the Sun than Neptune."
No, being vegan does not cause problems with the sun.
Mercury, being closest to the sun. Also, Neptune, being the farthest away. Poor Pluto....it used to be famous.