CLIMATE REGULATION
The Sun's Vital Role in
Biosphere Sustainability
ENERGY SOURCE FOR
PHOTOSYNTHESIS
THE BIOSPHERE
The Sun The Sun's heat helps
provides regulate Earth's
is the global sum of all energy that temperature and
ecosystems, plants use climate.
encompassing all living to convert
carbon
organisms and their dioxide and
interactions with each
other and their
water into
glucose and
oxygen.
THE SUN
environments, including
land, water, and the
atmosphere. WATER CYCLE
INITIATION
Solar energy drives
evaporation,
transforming water
into vapor.
HABITAT DIVERSITY
INFLUENCE
Different sunlight ON ANIMAL
levels influence
various habitats (e.g., BEHAVIOR
forests vs. deserts).
Many animals depend on
sunlight for navigation and
reproduction.