Random KidWind Trivia
What's the oldest KidWind team?
TEHK.
This device measures the flow of electric current in a circuit.
What is an ammeter?
What is the measurement of wind power?
What is joules
What gas do humans exhale that plants use for photosynthesis?
Carbon dioxide
This invisible force moves the blades of a wind turbine.
What is wind?
What's the newest KidWind Team.
Solar Eclipse.
The formula that calculates electric current by dividing the charge by time.
What is I=Q/tI=Q/t?
What causes wind?
Wind is caused by differences in air pressure due to uneven heating of Earth’s surface by the Sun.
What is the largest desert in the world by area?
The Antarctic Desert
These flat panels turn sunlight into electricity.
What are solar panels (or photovoltaic panels)?
Who is the newest member of the KidWind coaching for darlington?
Who is Coach Silas
Electric current is measured in these units.
What are amperes (amps)?
Give an example of energy transformation.
Wind turbines convert kinetic energy from moving air into mechanical energy and then electrical energy.
Which animated movie features a talking snowman named Olaf?
Frozen
This type of energy is created when moving air turns the blades of a wind turbine.
What is kinetic energy?
What's the inventor of the shark tunnel's name? (LAST NAME ONLY)
Mr. Anderson
The rate at which electrical energy is transferred or consumed in a circuit is called this.
What is electrical power?
Name one renewable energy source.
Examples include wind, solar, hydro, geothermal, and biomass energy.
Who was the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean?
Amelia Earhart
This device changes the direct current (DC) from solar panels into alternating current (AC) for home use.
What is an inverter?
Who was the first darlington KidWind coach?
Mr. Anderson
The location in a battery with the highest electric potential energy for charges is this terminal.
What is the positive terminal (+)?
It transforms the kinetic energy of wind into mechanical energy to produce electricity.
Examples include wind, solar, hydro, geothermal, and biomass energy.
In George Orwell’s 1984, what is the name of the totalitarian leader of Oceania?
Big Brother
This part of a wind turbine converts the slow rotation of the blades into a much faster rotation, which is needed to generate electricity.
What is the gearbox