Wind Energy

Which wind turbines produce more energy?

• Over land

• Over water

What is wind?

• Air

• Nothing

• Air in motion

• A fan

What are wind farms and what do they do?

• It's a power plant.

• A bunch of wind turbines that generates power everywhere.

• A bunch of windmills that generates power everywhere

• A bunch of people that blow to create wind energy

True or False: Wind energy is a renewable source of energy

• True

• False

• It is partially both renewable and nonrenewable

How do wind turbines affect the environment.

• Birds and bats may be injured.

• Cuts the clouds which affects the water cycle.

• Hits trees around them which blows up the wind turbine.

• They are perfect for the environment.

What are the following devices called?

• Mills

• Converters

• Weathervanes

• Turbines

Why is wind energy considered a renewable resource?

• It can be harnessed by human beings.

• It's related to the weather

• It's unlikely that humans will run out of it anytime soon.

• It can be used to generate electricity.

If you visited a wind farm, what would you see?

• Wind blowing crop seeds into the earth.

• Several dozen wind turbines.

• A geological formation where wind blows out of the ground.

• A factory in which wind is produced by giant fans.

Which of the following is a drawback to wind energy?

• Wind turbines can cause cancer among people who live near them.

• Wind turbines can hurt flying animals

• There aren't enough suitable sites in the U.S. to build wind farms

• Wind turbines emit greenhouse gases.

What is the ideal location for building wind turbines? (Choose more than one)!

• Plains

• Hills

• Offshore

• Cities