Wind Power

Wind energy comes from

• the movement of tree branches

• the sun

• the moon

• turbines

Wind turbines

• can pump water

• can grind grain

• can generate electricity

• all of the above

Which answer best describes why a sea breeze blows from water to land during the day?

• the land heats up faster than the water

• the water heats up faster than the land

• sea breezes always flow east

• none of the above

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A large grouping of wind generators or wind plants

• Concentrated wind generator

• Wind farm

• Wind turbine

• Power plant

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Resources which are naturally replenished fast enough as being used

• natural resources

• exhaustible resources

• nonrenewable resources

• renewable resources

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Instrument for measuring the speed of the wind.

• weather vane

• turbine

• anemometer

• voltmeter

Machine for converting mechanical energy into electricity.

• anemometer

• generator

• rotor

• gearbox

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The uneven heating of the earth’s surface by the sun causes WIND.

• True

• False

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2. All of the following are advantages of wind energy: no greenhouse gas emissions, free power, no air pollution.

• True

• False

Which letter is responsible for measuring wind speed?

• A

• B

• C

• D

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