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Harvesting energy from the sun

Energy from the sun is known as solar energy

It can be harvested in the following ways

 Uses of solar panels

 Use of solar cookers

 Use of solar driers

 Use of solar heater

Solar panels trap sunlight and convert it into electricity

Solar heaters with cookers trap raise from the sun and chang-

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Harvesting water

Ways of harvesting water

 It can be collected from roots using tanks and big drums

 Rain water flowing on the ground is directed into dams for

later

 Water can be drawn of from wells and brought to the surface
using wind loss and electric pumps.