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WorksheetsWind Energy
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 32mins
Wind is what type of energy?
Renewable
Non-Renewable
A Wind Turbine have a large propeller wheel rotated by the wind to generate electricity.
True
False
An area of land with a group of energy-producing windmills or wind turbines
Windmills
Wind Farm
Wind Turbines
Generators
Select the following Pros (Advantages) of using Wind Energy:
Renewable
It's a Green Energy
Noise
How they look
What changes wind energy into electricity?
Windsock
Wind Turbine
True or False; Wind energy is the most expensive energy in the world
True
False
How do wind turbines affect the environment.
Can harm birds and other wildlife
Cuts the clouds which affects the water cycle.
Hits trees around them
They are perfect for the environment.
What is the name of part A in the wind turbine above?
Blade
Gear
Generator
Axle
The diagram above shows a wind turbine. Which section of the wind turbine converts wind energy to electrical energy?
blades
generator
rotor
pitch system
what does a wind turbine look like
One DISADVANTAGE to wind turbines:
They are free
they produce noise pollution
Hundreds of wind turbines on a wind farm can generate:
electricity
water
speed
Many countries have wind turbine energy. Which one has installed the largest wind power capacity in 2015?
Russia
China
Japan
How can wind become energy?
When a wind turbine changes the kinetic energy in wind to electric energy.
When a windmill goes fast enough.
Wind energy is a renewable source of energy.
True
False
Why is wind energy considered a clean energy source?
Because it doesn't produce air pollution
Because it produces air pollution
A turbine spins and is connected to a (a) that converts the wind or water energy to electrical energy.
generator
transformer
What is another name for windmills?
blades
electricity
solar energy
wind turbines
How is wind energy used today in the modern world?
In homes
Schools
businesses
All of the above
Wind energy is clean.
True
False
Which type of renewable energy uses turbines to convert kinetic energy into electrical energy?
Solar Energy
Wind Power
Hydropower
Geothermal Energy
__________is the energy created by wind turning wind turbines.
Geothermal
Hydro
Wind
Nuclear
A Wind Turbine have a large vaned wheel rotated by the wind to generate electricity.
False
True
What does a wind turbine look like?
Which part of a wind turbine collects the energy from the wind?
The tower
The blades
The generator
