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Wind Energy Quiz 2 (25 MCQs)

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1. Wind turbine extracts maximum power from wind, when downstream wind speed reduces to
2. Which part of the wind turbines senses wind speed, wind direction, shaft speed and torque?
3. What percentage of energy used in the U.S. nonrenewable?
4. What is distributed or "small" wind power?
5. In _____ the first wind farm was built in the U.S., powering up to 4, 149 homes.
6. Wind speed suitable to operate wind turbines is
7. In 1888 _____, finished building the country's first wind turbine on his farm in Ohio.
8. Do the yaw bearing teeth point inward or outward
9. What state produces the highest percentage of wind energy
10. What is the capital of the Tibet Autonomous Region? (BONUS!)
11. In paragraph 2, the word diminished means-
12. What is the force that occurs when an abject is moving in-line with the fluid?
13. What two forms of energy are located in the nacelle?
14. Which of the following is a DISADVANTAGE to Wind Turbines?
15. This is the housing and platform that is mounted at the top of the tower that contains the generator, drive train, yaw system, hydraulic power unit, and turbine control unit:
16. Which of the following is an Example of hydropower Energy
17. Does a wind-farm affect the local wildlife in the area?
18. How much land do windmills take up?
19. What is a negative impact of wind turbines?
20. What type of energy is wind energy
21. Where does the extra power go in a stand-alone small wind turbine system?
22. Who do Wind Power Plant owners rent land from usually?
23. What changes wind energy into electricity?
24. Why do the shells on a windmill have to be very smooth?
25. Over the years, households have entirely depended on traditional forms of electricity powered by _____ These emit dangerous greenhouse gasses and cause global warming.
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