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'Geo' means 'Earth' or 'of the earth'
'Thermal' means 'heat'
So together geothermal means 'heat of the earth'
While the sun does emit heat from within itself, it would not be called geothermal.
Astrophysicists refer to it instead as 'luminosity' from 'lumin' meaning 'light' as most of the energy leaving the sun is electromagnetic radiation (along with a solar wind of various atoms, ions, and various sub-atomic particles)
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Is geothermal from the sun?
Geothermal energy is NOT from the sun. Geothermal energy is from heat inside the earth!
Do geothermal collectors transform energy from the sun?
No. Geothermal means heat from the earth. If something is collecting heat from the sun, that is not geothermal energy.
What does not use the sun's energy in any way?
Geothermal
Does geothermal energy depend on the sun?
Geothermal energy does not depend on the sun. Geothermal energy is energy that comes from about 55 feet below Earth's surface.
Is geothermal energy derived from the sun?
No, Geothermal energy comes from the earth.
Is Geothermal the same as Solar. If it is not the same then what is Geothermal?
Geothermal energy is not the same as solar energy- geothermal refers to heat generated by the earth, not the sun.
Does the sun produce geothermal energy?
No, the sun does not produce geothermal energy because geothermal energy is produced is from rock formations and liquid filled inside these rock formations inside the earth.
Does geothermal energy originally come from the sun?
No it doesn't because geothermal energy originally comes from the ground!
Where can you obtain energy?
From geothermal energy supplies or from the sun
What makes geothermal energy?
solar energy [the sun]
Is the hydrosphere powered by the sun or geothermal energy?
Most of the energy in the hydrosphere comes from the sun.
Does Geothermal use the sun's energy in any way?
No. Geothermal means heat from the earth. It uses heat from the earth's core.
