Whether it is because of the heat and energy of the Sun, or because of the influence of the Moon on the tides, these stars are directly connected with various aspects of everyday life on Earth. Thinking about it, let’s try to understand these phenomena better.

The Sun

It is from the Sun that the human being has light and heat to maintain life on Earth. Virtually all forms of energy used in our everyday life have their origin associated with the Sun, this includes everything from the food we eat to the fuels that move our vehicles.

For example, when we fed, the energy extracted from fruits, vegetables and vegetables was chemically accumulated during the process of photosynthesis. As we know, such a process is only possible with the Sun, because plants use the energy of sunlight to convert carbon dioxide, water and minerals into organic compounds and oxygen. In addition, by ingesting a food, our body breaks the chemical bonds of these molecules and gets energy, which is stored in other molecules, such as adenosine triphosphate (ATP).

Another situation is when we leave the house and go to work or school, whether by car, bus or subway, such means of transport use biofuels, generated from sugar cane and vegetable oils. That is, in a certain way we use the energy of the Sun.

Even in more remote situations we can mention the importance of the Sun in everyday physical processes. One example is hydroelectric energy. In hydroelectric plants, water descends through the dam and rotates turbines to produce electricity, after which the process of transforming the kinetic energy of water into electricity takes place. However, after all this process, it is important that the dam continues to have water, in order to produce more energy. So, it is necessary to rain, which will only happen if the sun causes water to evaporate.

The Moon

The main relation of the Moon to the everyday life on Earth relates to the rotation movement. Like the Earth, the Moon also revolves around its own axis. In addition, it revolves around the Earth, it is the movement called the revolution, and it revolves around the Sun, which is the translational movement (which allows solar and lunar eclipses to happen).

It is because of the revolution movement that the Moon has different phases: new, growing, full and waning. What differentiates them is the fact that the illuminated side of the moon be turned or not, to Earth.

All these movements happen thanks to the law of universal gravitation. In this case, the Earth attracts the Moon so that it remains in its orbit, and thus, the Moon also attracts the Earth. It is from this that the Moon ends up interfering in the tides. That is, this attraction between the Moon and the Earth causes the Earth’s surface to become somewhat deformed, because the part closest to the Moon is “pulled” towards the satellite. Thus, both the solid part (the continents) and the liquid part (oceans, seas, lakes and rivers) suffer changes with this “deformation”.

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