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Wind Power

Total questions: 11

Worksheet time: 6mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Wind power

a)

is energy derived from the wind

b)

is always available

c)

is used to produce electricity

d)

produces absolutely no pollution

2.

What device do you need to convert the energy of the wind into electricity?

a)

Wind turbines

b)

Propellers

c)

Wind mills

d)

The sun

3.

What is a wind farm?

a)

A farm that uses windpower

b)

Wind turbines grouped together in an area

c)

A plant that produces energy to move wind turbines

d)

A farm that produces wind

4.

What type of energy does a wind farm exploit?

a)

Electricity

b)

Mechanical energy

c)

Thermal energy

d)

All otpions correct

5.

What type of pollution do wind turbines cause?

a)

They pollute the air and the soil

b)

They do not pollute

c)

They produce noise and great visual impact

d)

They pollute water and soil

6.

Where are wind turbines placed?

a)

On land, near villages and towns

b)

On land and off shore

c)

Only on plains

d)

In windy areas

7.

Winds are generated by

a)

the movement of clouds

b)

air moving from low to high pressure areas

c)

heat absorbed and then released by the Earth

d)

air moving from high to low pressure areas

8.

Resources that are not able to be reproduced as quickly as they are used are called _____.

a)

renewable resources

b)

replaceable resources

c)

non renewable resources

d)

non replaceable resources

9.

Renewable resources ...

a)

are not replaceable

b)

are used more frequently than non renewables

c)

are never going to run out

d)

going to run out

10.
What type of energy resource is wind?
a)
Nonrenewable
b)
Renewable
c)
Exhaustible 
11.

Wind Power is reliable.

a)

True

b)

False