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Does biomass need solar energy to run?
No, biomass typically produces energy through incineration which does not require solar energy.
How do living systems get solar energy?
Solar energy arrives at the planet Earth in the form of sunlight. Plants use a catalyst called chlorophyll to convert the energy of sunlight into usable chemical energy, through a process known as photosynthesis.
You use mechanical energy to walk around what form did this energy have before your body changed it into mechanical energy?
Chemical energy ... in food ... which plants made from solar energy, water, and dirt.
Are solar panels an example of solar energy?
Solar panels are not an example of solar energy but rather they are means through which solar energy (that is energy from the sun) is converted into electricity. Check out the related link for great videos and information on solar panels.
What are some advantages and disadvantages of thermal energy?
There are two main types of thermal energy - solar and geothermal. Solar energy is renewable and sustainable, and after the initial investment, is free. Geothermal energy is renewable, sustainable, and clean reducing reliance on foreign energy sources. The disadvantages are mostly financial because of the start up costs. While solar is an individual form of energy, geothermal requires large generation plants. Also solar viability is dependent on the amount of sunshine the area receives.
Green plants use what kind of energy during photosynthesis?
The Green plants convert solar energy into chemical energy and with the help of cholorophyll they produse their food.
Monerans that use solar energy in a manner similar to green plants are called?
Phototrophic plants are the monerans that use solar energy in a manner similar to the green plants. The phototrophic plants are generally referred to as are phototrophs.
Green plants perform which type of energy conversion?
solar to chemical energy
What captures solar energy and uses photosynthesis to produce sugars?
Plants do this in the chloroplasts in their green leaves.
What organism makes its own food using solar energy?
Green plants.
Which component of green plants traps solar energy?
Because of Chlorophyll present in it
What is an example of solar energy being converted into chemical energy?
Green plants producing sugars is an example of solar engery being converted into chemical energy.
Which process best shows the conversion of solar energy to chemical energy?
Green plants making their own food.
Why is it that generally the leaves of plants is color green?
Because plants use chlorophyll to photosynthesize energy from solar radiation and chlorophyll is a bad absorber of light's green wavelengths.
In a food chain which are the most efficient users of solar energy?
The most efficient users of solar energy in a food chain are herbivores. Instead of eating animals that eat plants that require the sun to grow, they simply eat the plants.
What plant cell uses solar energy?
All green plants that contain chlorophyll; that is, almost all of them.
How can fossil fuels be used as solar energy?
The hydrocarbons used in the fossil fuel are the product of photosynthesis, that took place in the plants of carboniferous age. Since photosynthesis require solar energy, these fossil fuels have also been derived from solar energy.
