Question

Give two examples to prove that wind has energy. Name the kind of energy possessed by wind.

Answer 1

The kinetic energy of wind:

1. Wind when strikes the blades of a windmill it starts rotating.
2. Husk flies away far leaving behind the grain at a shorter distance.
3. These two examples show that wind possesses certain energy because of motion and it is called kinetic energy.

Hence, wind possesses kinetic energy.