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Which best describes the energy conversion that happens when hydroelectric power plants are used to make electricity?
Kinetic energy to electrical energy
Describe the conversion of nuclear energy into electricity?
Typically, 235U, is collided with neutrons to cause fission. This is not a simple process, and a description of what happens can be seen as the answer to the question, "What happens when a uranium atom is hit by a neutron?" A link to this is below. Fission produces a lot of heat. This heat is used to boil water, which drives a steam turbine. The turbine turns a generator, which produces electricity. There are variations in this, but the concept is pretty much uniform among current nuclear power plants.
How is potential energy used to generate electricity in a hydroelectric power plant?
Think about what happens in a hydroelectric plant. The potential energy in the water is called 'potential' because the water has a place to go-- down. As the water falls it gains more and more kinetic energy. What is the water made to do before it's released? It passes through huge turbines and it makes the turbines spin. It's the spinning of the turbines that generates electricity. The kinetic energy of the water is converted to electricity.
What kind of energy conversion happens when you rub your hands together?
Mechanical energy is converted into thermal energy when you rub your hands together. The friction between your hands causes them to generate heat, which warms them up.
What happens to solar panels when its a cloudy day?
Solar panels will still generate some electricity on a cloudy day, although the output will be lower compared to a sunny day. The efficiency of the solar panels will decrease as there is less sunlight available for conversion to electricity.
What happens to the energy that is not usually transferred by the solar cells?
The energy that is not converted into electricity by solar cells is typically lost as heat. Solar cells are not 100% efficient at converting sunlight into electricity, so some energy is wasted in the form of heat as a byproduct of the conversion process.
What happens in a storm?
electricity
What kind of energy transformation happens in a waterfall?
In a waterfall, potential energy from the water at a higher elevation is converted into kinetic energy as the water falls downward. The kinetic energy can then be harnessed to generate electricity using hydroelectric power plants.
How safe is hydroelectric energy?
Hydro electric energy is extremely safe, all that happens is that water streams through a pipe which moves a tubine inside the pipe which is connected to a generator which generates electricity that is sent straight into the power grid. its simple
What energy conversion happens in a cell?
what type of cell?
What happens to the electricity when there is only one switch?
Electricity flows in a complete circuit
What happens when radiation mix up?
what happens when radiation mix's with electricity
