Question

Simone created a chart to summarize the energy transformations that take place when energy from the wind is used to generate electricity.

A 2-column table with 2 rows titled Energy from Windmills. The first column labeled Process has entries wind spins turbines, turbines activate generators. The second column labeled energy Energy transformation has entries ?, mechanical energy transformed to electrical energy.

Which best completes the chart?

chemical energy transformed to electrical energy
kinetic energy transformed to mechanical energy

Answer 1

kinetic energy transformed to mechanical energy

Explanation: The moving air (wind) has kinetic energy, which is converted into the turbine's mechanical (rotational) energy.