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Wind power

Total questions: 27

Worksheet time: 37mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The wind can (a)   a leaf off a tree, keep a kite

in the sky, or even push a sailboat.

2.

For thousands of years, people have used

wind power to.......................

a)

sail across rivers and seas

b)

walk across rivers and seas

c)

fly across rivers and seas

3.

People had (a)   in ancient Egypt. They

sailed up and down the Nile River.

4.

They would

load their sailboats with (a)   and carry them

down the river.

5.

Later, people set sail from

(a)   They sailed across the oceans.

6.

They

discovered new places, including the Americas.

Some people even used sailboats to travel ..............

a)

around the world

b)

under the world

c)

in the world

d)

on the world

7.

Energy from the sun warms (a)   the air over land

more quickly than the air over water.

8.

The wind can be (a)   and calm. It

can also be very powerful, causing damage

to our homes.

9.

Wind has .......................... the force that

moves things.

a)

kinetic energy,

b)

kind energy

c)

skin energy

10.

Wind gets this energy from the

(a)  

11.

Which stage happens first?

a)

the air rises up

b)

the sun warms up the air

12.

Wind is...

a)

Non-moving air

b)

moving air

13.

Sailboats were the only way that people

used wind power long ago.

a)

True

b)

False

14.

They also built

(a)   to help capture energy from

the wind. They make it possible for us

to use wind power to do work.

15.

What makes the windmills' arms move?

(a)  

16.

The turning arms provide (a)  

for machines inside the windmill.

17.

People can use windmills to (a)   water.

18.

Why did people in America build windmills in the 1800s and 1900s?

a)

They needed food to eat.

b)

They needed water to drink and water their farm

19.

Where did they get the water from?

a)

underground

b)

from the river

c)

from the lakes

20.

When did people in China start using Windmills?

a)

from more than 1000 years ago.

b)

from more than 2000 years ago

c)

from more 3000 years ago.

21.

Persia is ..........nowadays.

a)

Iraq

b)

Iran

22.

People used them to grind (a)   to make food.

23.

People in the................... used windmills this way too.

a)

Middle East

b)

Middle West

c)

Middle North

d)

Middle South

24.

WHen windmills turned on a........................., or

side-to-side, axis, they make more enegry

a)

horizontal

b)

vertical

25.

Where did they design new kind of windmill?

a)

Holland

b)

Norway

c)

Switzerland

26.

The new Dutch windmills had......................long arms.

a)

2

b)

4

27.

Why did people in Holland use the windmills to pump out the water from the land?

a)

To make swimming pool.

b)

To make more land for farms.