Did you know that pretty much everything is powered by the sun? Even this tripwire. When these balls are flying across the room, that is solar powered. Well, what do you mean everything is powered by the sun? At our house, our power comes from a hydroelectric dam nearby that provides our whole community with power. But dams work by having water up high that flows down, it's a water reel that generates power. How did that water go from down low to up high? It evaporates because of the sun and then it rains and then it goes down in the lake. The only reason you get it back up high to make power is because of the sun. The sun is our original energy source for everything that happens on earth. Everything is solar powered, even you. Fun fact, the gasoline in your car is a fossil fuel. So it's basically converted energy from a bunch of old dead plants. But some very teensy portion of that organic material is from dinosaurs. So next time you're riding in your car with your parents, tell them your car is at least partially powered by old dead dinosaurs.