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What is wind? What type of energy is possessed by wind?

Wind is moving air and is caused by differences in air pressure within our atmosphere. Wind possesses a form of energy referred to as kinetic energy. Kinetic energy is energy of motion i.e. energy that a body possesses because it is in motion.


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