Wind Energy

What is another name for windmills?

• blades

• electricity

• solar energy

• wind turbines

How long can the blades of a turbine be?

• Fifty-five meters

• 5 meters

• 50 meters

• 55 meters

A single wind turbine can produce enough electricity to supply __________________ homes.

• 500

• one thousand five hundred

• 150

• fifty

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Wind is a free source of energy that will run out.

• True

• False

When speeds fall below what is needed to spin a turbine, it cannot produce ______________________.

• electricity

• wind

• gas

• carbon dioxide

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Hundreds of wind turbines on a wind farm can generate:

• electricity

• power

• speed

To get the most benefit from the winds, wind farms should be created in areas where the wind remains at _______________.

• slow speeds

• high speeds

Wind turbines generate electricity as the wind rotates its ___________.

• bottom

• top

• blades

Do we have wind farms in California?

• Yes

• No

"Wind is used to produce electricity"

• False

• True