They aren't. The Sun provides energy for water waves (and, indeed, for most processes on Earth), but water is only an intermediate storage of energy, in some cases.
Some of the sun's energy is converted into wind and water waves. Most of the sun's energy are absorbed by the primary producers.
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Water waves have mechanical energy.
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False. The energy from the Sun comes in the form of electromagnetic waves. Those are not mechanical waves.
It warms the atmosphere which causes convection and wind. The wind blowing across the surface of water causes waves.
Tidal Waves
what of the sun is converted into wind and water waves
The energy from the sun is in the form of electromagnetic radiation (light and non-visible waves). This light heats water both directly and indirectly (by heating the air or vessel in contact with the water). The electromagnetic energy of the sun is transformed into thermal energy, which in this case is random molecular motion of the water molecules.
As the ocean's waves absorb or release energy from the sun, the transfer of energy changes.
by radiation from the sun