Force, Motion, and Renewable Energy

Wind power has been beneficial to ranchers, farmers, and rural homeowners for decades. Windmills and turbines use wind power to change the winds kinetic energy into electricity.

Where does the Earth's wind power come from?

• Mechanical Energy

• The water cycle

• Solar radiation

• Solar panels

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A dam is built to trap and store water in a reservoir for use to create electricity. Water released from the reservoir flows through tunnels in the dam. The power from the rushing water spins turbines that drive a generator for the production of electricity.

What type of energy was most likely used in this process?

• Hydroelectric energy

• Geothermal energy

• Wind energy

• Solar energy

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Heat from the earth is used as an affordable energy source to reduce the dependence on fossil fuels.

Which energy source is most likely being described?

• Hydroelectric energy

• Geothermal energy

• Wind energy

• Solar energy

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Nigel uses a pool stick to demonstrate how the energy of pushing the pool stick against one ball can cause some of the other balls on the table to display the energy of motion.

Which of the following does not demonstrate a change in energy that causes motion or created changes in other objects?

• A bowling ball running down the lane

• A tennis racket hitting a ball

• A piece of paper in a notebook

• A hot plate heating a pot of water.

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Solar panels are devices made up of solar cells used to transform energy from one form to a usable form within the home.

Which of he following energy transformations best explains the conversions of solar panels?

• Electrical to heat energy

• Light to electrical energy

• Wind to electrical energy

• Electrical to hydroelectric energy

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Which is the most widely used form of renewable energy?

• Hydroelectric energy

• Solar energy

• Geothermal energy

• Wind Energy

The process by which the wind is used to generate mechanical energy used for producing electricity

• Hydroelectric energy

• Solar energy

• Geothermal energy

• Wind Energy

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Produced through a process in which heat from the Earth's core is used to make electricity

• Hydroelectric energy

• Solar energy

• Geothermal energy

• Wind Energy

Renewable energy emitted by the sun

• Hydroelectric energy

• Solar energy

• Geothermal energy

• Wind Energy

The production of electricity created from the gravitational force of falling water.

• Hydroelectric energy

• Solar energy

• Geothermal energy

• Wind Energy

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