Home
Class 10
PHYSICS
How has the traditional use of wind and ...

How has the traditional use of wind and water energy been modified for our convenience ?

Text Solution

Verified by Experts

Earlier, the windmills were used to harness wind energy to do mechanical work such as lifting/drawing water from a well. Today, windmills are used to generate electricity. In windmills, the kinetic energy of wind is harnessed and converted into electricity.
Water energy which was used for transportation before is now a good source to generate electricity. Dams has been constructed on river for generating electricity. Waterfalls were used as a source of potential energy whhich was converted to electricity with the help of turbunes.
Promotional Banner

Topper's Solved these Questions

  • MAGNETIC EFFECTS OF ELECTRIC CURRENT SCIENCE

    NCERT|Exercise Solved Examples|2 Videos
  • THE HUMAN EYE AND COLOURFUL WORLD

    NCERT|Exercise EXERCISE|16 Videos

Similar Questions

Explore conceptually related problems

What are the advantage and limitations of using wind energy ?

How has Agrobacterium tumefaciens has been suitably modified to act as cloning vector?

What are the changes in forms of energy when petrol is used to run our vehicles?

NCERT-SOURCES OF ENERGY-Exercise
  1. What are the disadvantages of fossil fuels ?

    Text Solution

    |

  2. Why are we looking at alternate sources of energy ?

    Text Solution

    |

  3. How has the traditional use of wind and water energy been modified for...

    Text Solution

    |

  4. What kind of mirror-concave, convex or plane-would be best suited for ...

    Text Solution

    |

  5. What are the limitations of enegry that can be obtained from the ocean...

    Text Solution

    |

  6. What is geothermal energy ?

    Text Solution

    |

  7. What are the advantages of unclear energy?

    Text Solution

    |

  8. Can any source of energy be pollution-free ? Why or why not ?

    Text Solution

    |

  9. Hydrogen has been used as a rocket fuel. Would you consider it a clean...

    Text Solution

    |

  10. Name two energy sources that you would consider to be renewable. Give ...

    Text Solution

    |

  11. Give the names of two energy sources that you would consider to be exh...

    Text Solution

    |

  12. A solar water heater cannot be used to get hot water on : (a) a sunn...

    Text Solution

    |

  13. Which of the following is not an example of bio-mass energy source ? ...

    Text Solution

    |

  14. Most of the sources of energy we use represent stored solar energy. Wh...

    Text Solution

    |

  15. Compare and contrast fossil fuels and the sun as sources of energy.

    Text Solution

    |

  16. Compare and contrast bio-mass and hydro-electricity as sources of ener...

    Text Solution

    |

  17. What are the limitations of extracting enegry from : (a) the wind ...

    Text Solution

    |

  18. On what basis would you classify energy sources as : (a) renewable a...

    Text Solution

    |

  19. What are the qualities on an ideal source of energy ?

    Text Solution

    |

  20. What are the disadvantages of using a solar cooker ? Are there places ...

    Text Solution

    |