Application question: In Lancaster county, Pennsylvania, it is common for members of the Amish community to use windmills to pump water from underground to fill a tank for drinking water. The wind causes the turbine blades to spin, rotating a shaft, which is transferred through some gears to operate a pump, which pumps water up from deep below the ground to fill an above ground tank. Identify the energy conversions happening at each step below. Wind blowscausing the turbine to turn, rotating shaft works pumpenergy.
Motion of water moving up from wellenergy.
Water in tank which is positioned 5 feet above the ground levelpotential energy.