How is the sun responsible for blowing of winds and which source of energy causes most of the water evaporation on Earth's surface?
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The sun also cause motion of more solid matter, such that the leafs of a tree, causing a wind. On the water, the glittering becomes waves, most common at mid-day; See-breeze/sun breeze.
When the earth's surface is unevenly heated it leads to pressure difference and this pressure difference is the reason for the production of winds. Sun is responsible for the uneven heating of the earth's surface. Wind is caused by uneven heating of the earth's surface by the sun. Because the earth's surface is made up of different types of land and water, the earth absorbs the sun's heat at different rates. One example of this uneven heating is the daily wind cycle.The energy that drives wind originates with the sun, which heats the Earth unevenly, creating warm spots and cool spots. Two simple examples of this are sea breezes and land breezes. Sea breezes occur when inland areas heat up on sunny afternoons. That warms the air, causing it to rise. Gases move from high-pressure areas to low-pressure areas. And the bigger the difference between the pressures, the faster the air will move from the high to the low pressure. That rush of air is the wind we experience. Due to uneven heating of atmospheric gases pressure zones are created because gases after being heated move in upward direction other gases which are comparatively cool rush to fill the vacant space and the phenomena of wind blow takes place. The movement of air through Earth's or any planet's atmosphere is called wind, and the main cause of Earth's winds is uneven heating by the sun. This uneven heating causes changes of atmospheric pressure, and winds blow from regions with high pressure to those with low pressure. The pressure gradient force causes winds to blow. Winds blow from higher pressure to lower pressure; the bigger the pressure difference, the greater the wind speed. As air warms, it expands. The warm air over the land becomes less dense than the cooler air and rises into the atmosphere and cooler, denser air nearby flows in to take its place. This moving air is what we call wind.The sun is what makes the water cycle work. The sun provides what almost everything on Earth needs to go energy, or heat. Heat causes liquid and frozen water to evaporate into water vapor gas, which rises high in the sky to form clouds... clouds that move over the globe and drop rain and snow. The water cycle is driven primarily by the energy from the sun. This solar energy drives the cycle by evaporating water from the oceans, lakes, rivers, and even the soil. Other water moves from plants to the atmosphere through the process of transpiration. In the water cycle, evaporation occurs when sunlight warms the surface of the water. The heat from the sun makes the water molecules move faster and faster, until they move so fast they escape as a gas. Once evaporated, a molecule of water vapor spends about ten days in the air. In the water cycle, evaporation occurs when sunlight warms the surface of the water. The heat from the sun makes the water molecules move faster and faster, until they move so fast they escape as a gas. Once evaporated, a molecule of water vapor spends about ten days in the air.
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