Wind Energy as a Resource

Question 1

Work

Answer 1

the act of moving an object against some resistance to force

Question 2

energy

Answer 2

the ability or potential ability to do work

Question 3

renewable energy

Answer 3

an energy source that is utilized by humans that doesn’t reduce the future supply of that resource.

Question 4

cyclones

Answer 4

a large mass of air that rotates around a strong center of low pressure

Question 5

air pressure

Answer 5

the forces in a volume of air

Question 6

kinetic

Answer 6

of motion or produced by motion

Question 7

frame of reference

Answer 7

whatever we relate a motion to

Question 8

joule

Answer 8

the unit for force

Question 9

calorie

Answer 9

the amount of energy it takes to heat 1 gram of water by one degree C

Question 10

power

Answer 10

the amount of work done per unit of time

Question 11

watt

Answer 11

the amount of power required to increase/decrease the amount of energy of an object by 1 joule in 1 second.

Question 12

velocity

Answer 12

speed and direction of motion

Question 13

rotor

Answer 13

the rotating part of a machine

Question 14

vane

Answer 14

a rudder that makes a propeller windmill point to the wind

Question 15

turntable.

Answer 15

a circular disc on top of the windmill that makes it rotate

Question 16

governor

Answer 16

a part of a windmill that stops it from going to fast

Question 17

dead zone

Answer 17

a 25 degree zone in which wind doesn’t catch either blade

Question 18

anemometer

Answer 18

an instrument that measures wind speed

Question 19

beaufort scale

Answer 19

a descriptive scale that scribes wind speed

Question 20

Coriolis effect

Answer 20

Because the Earth rotates on its axis, circulating air is deflected toward the right in the Northern Hemisphere and toward the left in the Southern Hemisphere. This deflection is called the Coriolis effect.