This is either indirectly or directly. For example, plants make food by making food from the Sun's light, air, and other minerals. This process is known as photosynthesis. Without sunlight, photosynthesis would not work. A way the Sun indirectly affects life is that cows eat plants.
Plants use photosynthesis to make food.
In this way, cows actually are getting energy from the Sun. Click here for a printable version of this page.