Wind Energy in Higher Physics : Practice MCQ Questions & Answers with Explanations

Wind energy is harnessed as...............energy with the help of windmill or turbine

Who invented the first electricity-generating wind turbine?

Which U.S. state gets the highest percentage of its electricity from wind?

Which of these is NOT an example of distributed wind generation?

Which of these is NOT a part of a modern wind turbine?

Which nation leads the world in installed wind energy capacity?

What is the earliest recorded use for windmills?

What causes wind?

Uneven heating occurs on land surface and water bodies are due to

Turbines blades have..............type cross section to extract energy from wind

The wind speed is measured using an instrument called

The wind intensity can be described by

The rate of change of wind speed with height is called

The following is the tangential velocity of the blade due to the rotation of blade

The atmosphere with uniform wind speed is called the..............atmosphere

The amount of energy available in the wind at any instant is proportional to...............of the wind speed

Roughly how tall are most utility-scale wind turbine towers in the U.S.?

Low solidity rotors use which of the following force for rotation

How many offshore wind farms are there in the U.S.?

How many jobs were supported by the U.S. wind power industry in 2018?5