Are animals and plants part of Solar Energy? And if so can some one give me a picture?
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The sun is the earth's largest source of reliable energy.  Plants have green leaves that absorb and trap sunlight and convert that light into chemical energy; namely starches that other animals eat.\n\nThe sunlight is converted to starches by chlorophyll, a green substance in the leaves of green plants.  Carbon dioxide gas molecules (CO2) in our atmosphere is combined into sugar; sugar is combined into starches.  Wood is a form of starch called cellulose.\n\nSecondly, water is "split" (chopped into three pieces) releasing oxygen (gas) by photosynthesis.  So plants provide us oxygen by "splitting" water; and plants provide us sugar by "fixing" carbon dioxide.  We eat the plants or we animals that eat the plants.  This is how we get our energy.\n\nSo, cows are animals that eat grass; in so doing they gather sugar energy and live.  We eat cows, for example.  Or, certain insects eat plants; some fish eat those insects and then we eat the fish...so on and so forth.
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Photosynthesis is about 1% efficient while we can make PV cells about 20% efficient.\n\nThis is yet another case of nature being inferior to human technology.
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Almost all plants absorb solar radiation and convert it to food using photosynthesis.
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There are many ways to take advantage of the energy produced by the sun.  A good place to start is with a passive solar energy water heater.  They are inexpensive to install and easy to maintain.  The simplest ones use the radiant energy of the sun and convert that to thermal energy using a material that absorbs the light instead of reflecting it, in layman's terms, something black.  \n\nPhotovoltaic (solar cell) systems convert sunlight directly into electricity. A solar or Photovoltaic cell consists of semiconducting material that absorbs the sunlight. The solar energy knocks electrons loose from their atoms in a semiconductor, allowing the electrons to flow through the material to produce electricity.\n\nFor a more in-depth explanation of photovoltaic technology try this site.
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Mitochondria in animal cells convert energy into forms the animal cell can use.  Chloroplasts in plant cells are necessary for photosynthesis, converting sunlight into energy the plant cell can use.
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I would just talk about way plant and animal cells are constructed like cell walls and stuff. And talk about differences in how they make energy like animals burn sugar and plants first make sugar themselves. I'm sure that could be used to discuss nutrients issues.
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If u want something easy u can make a rpleca of the solar system. U can by those foam balls and spray paint them. Or u could do an experiment on two plants giving one sunlight and no light to the other. But still feed and water them.
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Photosynthesis is important to animals because they receive their energy from its products.  \n\nPhotosynthesis uses energy from the sun to convert CO2 & H2O into glucose and O2 & H2O.  Animals then eat the plants to combine the glucose with the O2 to make energy (ATP), H2O and CO2.  Even the animals that don't consume plants eat other animals that do and indirectly receive nutrition from the byproducts of photosynthesis.  Also, they all breathe oxygen created by photosynthetic organisms.
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sunlight.\n\nPlants capture energy from sunlight, animals eat plants... or other animals that have eaten plants.\n\nAloha
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Here are some fun and A+ ideas.\n\n1. Can solar energy be used to cook food? (You will build or buy a solar oven and see if it is possible to cook hot dogs. Simple and really is A+ material. Trust me, that's what I got on it!)\n\n2. What are all the microscopic things found on one strand of human hair? (Test a strand of your hair, someone else's hair and more under a microscope. Easy, simple, and informing.)\n\n3. What ingredients help plants grow? (Test different soil and items to see what makes plants grow the most affectively. Easy and fun.)
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Fossil fuel power plants can emit many harmful pollutants, ranging from Nitrogen Oxides and particulates to heavy metals & mercury.\n\nThe radiation from the sun's nuclear fusion is what gives us solar energy, but it can also cause skin cancer.\n\nUse of solar energy generally requires using materials that have caused pollution as a byprodouct of their manufacture.
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What is Photosynthesis? Photosynthesis is the process by which plants, some bacteria, and some protistans use the energy from sunlight to produce sugar, which cellular respiration converts into ATP, the "fuel" used by all living things. The conversion of unusable sunlight energy into usable chemical energy, is associated with the actions of the green pigment chlorophyll. Most of the time, the photosynthetic process uses water and releases the oxygen that we absolutely must have to stay alive. Oh yes, we need the food as well!\n\n-------------------------------------------------------------\nSuagr and Oxygen is produced. I think thats right.
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No.\n\nSee, the thing is that most animals is that have evolved pigments to stop light penetrating their cells.  A man could have all the grenpigment he wanted and it won't do anything because the interior of the cells will be permanently in the dark.\n\nWith transparent animals like jellyfish or glass fish or similar you probably could achieve some level of autotrophic activity.\n\nIn the case of a highly active animal like a man the payoff wouldn't be worth the cost. Chlorplasts require energy to build and maintain and active animals can't afford to laze around int he sun all day. That's why the ancestors of animals abandoned their chlorophyll in the first place (did you know that all animals are descended from photosyntheic organisms?)\n\nSorry, but there are just too many hurdles to having a photosynthetic man.
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Solar energy (from solar panels)  converts sunlight into electricity. Solar arrays (massive groups of solar panels) can be used to produce energy on an industrial scale, but the average solar panel is still expensive and produces very little power.  However these solar arrays can be attached to the power grid like a normal power plant.  \n   Coal  fired power plants are currently the primary fuel used to produce electricity in the US.  There are also a  very few oil/gas plants used to produce power.      Solar panels can be placed on very light weight vehicles (like bikes) as a primary power source.  However since the power produced from a solar panel is pretty small,  you will never see a viable commercial solar powered SUV in the next 15 years.
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A solar cell (or a "photovoltaic" cell) is a semiconductor device that converts photons from the sun (solar light) into electricity. In general a solar cell that includes both solar and non-solar sources of light (such as photons from incandescent bulbs) is termed a photovoltaic cell. Fundamentally, the device needs to fulfill only two functions: photogeneration of charge carriers (electrons and holes) in a light-absorbing material, and separation of the charge carriers to a conductive contact that will transmit the electricity. This conversion is called the photovoltaic effect, and the field of research related to solar cells is known as photovoltaics.\n\nAlso check this link, this is from NASA http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2002/solarcells.htm
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i think plant and animal cells both have mitochondria. Because mitochondria is the so called powerhouse of the cell, which means the cell derives its energy from the mirochondria. So plant and animal cells should have it to provide them energy.
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Solar Power:\n\nEnergy from the sun's radiation converted into heat or electricity.\n\nwww.wisconsinpublicservice.com/farm/terms.asp\n\n1) Solar Energy:\n\nElectricity produced from the sun’s radiation.\n\nwww.fplsafetyworld.com/glossary/\n\n2) Solar Energy:\n\nenergy from the sun that is converted into thermal or electrical energy; "the amount of energy falling on the earth is given by the solar constant, but very little use has been made of solar energy"\n\n\nhttp://www.thefreedictionary.com/solar+energy