• Question: what do u think life would be like if there was noe sun ???

    Asked by gabbyandchloe to Ed, Sam on 24 Jun 2011. This question was also asked by francesca777.
    • Photo: Ed Morrison

      Ed Morrison answered on 24 Jun 2011:


      Without the sun there wouldn’t be any life. Ultimately the sun is the source of energy for all living things. Plants take sunlight and use it to grow, then animals eat the plants, then other animals eat those animals. In the end, everything depends on the sun.

    • Photo: Sam Tazzyman

      Sam Tazzyman answered on 24 Jun 2011:


      Actually there are some lifeforms that seem to live without using the sun’s energy: strange kinds of bacteria (actually archaea) that live on the bottom of the deepest parts of the sea and get their energy from underwater volcanoes. Some scientists think this might be how life started, or might be how life could exist on other planets or moons.

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