The Sun is like a giant energy factory. Here’s why:

• It gives off about 380 trillion trillion watts of energy! That’s a huge number.
• Around 170 quintillion watts actually make it to Earth’s surface.
• Every year, plants turn about 1-2% of this sunlight into stored energy through a process called photosynthesis.

This amazing process helps almost all life on Earth. It gives energy to different ecosystems and helps nutrients move around.