Blue Marble 2000 image of Earth - Earthguide Online Classroom

Blue Marble 2000 image of Earth Images using Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR) instruments carried aboard NOAA's Polar Orbiting Environmental Satellites (POES) during September, 1997. Source: NASA

Questions for discussion

What kinds of motion does sunlight fuel?

Which of these processes is visible on this image of Earth?
What Earth systems rely on the Sun's energy?

What is energy?
What kinds of motion are not driven by the Sun’s energy?

Related resources

THE IMAGE

Image of the Blue Marble 2000.
Related images, Blue Marble 2002 were
NASA

Take away concepts

That the Sun's energy is the primary source of energy for life, and maintaining processes and conditions on Earth that sustain life.
That energy from the sun is transmitted to the Earth by sunlight.