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Lesson: Chapter 18 — Work, Energy and Power

18.2. Energy changing form 4 of 6

Question 4

In a hydroelectric station, what is the first energy conversion that takes place?

The right answer is the one marked above.

Potential energy of the stored water into kinetic energy. The water is stored high up, so it holds potential energy. Letting it flow down converts that store into the kinetic energy of moving water.

The moving water then turns a turbine, and only at that point does electrical energy appear. Electricity is the end of the chain, not the beginning.

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