Question

What happens when the land near the earth’s equator is heated?

(a) All the oceans gets heated up

(b) Small wind currents are formed

(c) Rise in tides

(d) Large atmospheric winds are created

I got this question in an internship interview.

My doubt is from Generation of Wind Energy topic in section Wind Energy of Energy Engineering

Answer 1

Correct option is (d) Large atmospheric winds are created

To elaborate: The large atmospheric winds that circle the earth are created because the land near the earth’s equator is heated more by the sun than the land near the north and south poles. Wind energy is mainly used to generate electricity.