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Turbines. These are then used to spin magnets next to wires. This generates electricity.

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Q: What do hydroelectric power plants use falling water to spin?
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How are water wheels similar to hydroelectric power plants?

Moving water turns both water wheels and hydroelectric power plants.


Hydroelectric power plants use falling water to spin these?

What is a turbine gererator... I feel like I'm on jepordy with that question


Electricity can be made by the energy of falling water what is the name of power?

Hydroelectric power


Can you give me a sentence with the word hydroelectric power?

The process of using falling water to spin turbines is called hydroelectric power.


Are fossil fuels burned in hydroelectric plants?

No. A hydroelectric plant uses falling water to turn water turbines attached to electric generators.


What Electricity produced by falling water 2 words?

Hydroelectric power


Hydroelectric power is generated from which natural liquid?

Hydroelectric power is generated from water. It is the production of electricity through the use of the gravitational forces of flowing or falling water.


What state produces the most hydroelectric power?

When the water is falling from height. The more the falling speed, the greater the energy.


How do you define hydroelectric power?

the production of power through use of the gravitational force of falling or flowing water


What kind of power plants produce electrical energy from moving water?

Hydroelectric plants.


What is generated in a hydro-electric power plant?

Hydroelectric power plants generate electricity by the action of the "falling" water spinning a turbine which rotates a wire inside a big magnet.


What uses Hydroelectric power?

Hydroelectric power plants. They have dams and generators. Water flows through a dam, which spins generators that produce hydroelectric electricity. (Fun Fact: The Hoover Dam is the biggest hydroelectric power plant.)