A team of engineers is working with a wind turbine. The team is working with a model and testing different angles for the blade of the wind turbine. What would the research question be for this team?

Question

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Which angle converts the largest percentage of kinetic energy from the wind into kinetic energy of the turbine?
Which angle converts the largest percentage of potential energy from the wind into kinetic energy of the turbine?
Which angle converts the largest percentage of kinetic energy from the wind into potential energy of the turbine?
Which angle converts the largest percentage of potential energy from the wind into potential energy of the turbine?

Answer 1

The most suitable research question for the team of engineers working on the wind turbine would be:

Which angle converts the largest percentage of kinetic energy from the wind into kinetic energy of the turbine?

This question focuses on optimizing the angle of the blade to maximize the conversion of wind energy into usable energy for the turbine, which is likely the primary goal of their testing.