Question

Simone created a chart to summarize the energy transformations that take place when energy from the wind is used to generate electricity.Which best completes the chart?nuclear energy transformed to electrical energychemical energy transformed to electrical energyradiant energy transformed to mechanical energykinetic energy transformed to mechanical energy

Answer 1

D. kinetic energy transformed to mechanical energy

Step-by-step explanation:

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Answer 2

Since, you have not provided the chart, I can help you with the explanation of the energy transformations of the case.

The wind is matter (air) in motion, so it has kinetic energy.
Kinetic energy, KE is:

KE = (1/2) m v².

Then, the higher the speed of the wind, the higher the kinetic energy.

The energy of the wind may be used to generate electricity, because the wind can move the blades of a windmill.

When the blades are moved (rotational motion) some part of the kinetic energy of the wind is transformed into rotational kinetic energy of the the blades, which makes an axis rotate generating the electricity.

KInetic energy is mechanical energy (mechanical energy is basically kinetic energy and gravitational potential energy).

So, you can say that the kinetic energy of the wind is transformed into kinetic energy of the windmill (mechanical energy) and it is then transformed into electrical energy.