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A hydroelectric dam converts gravitational potential energy into what first?

Kinetic energy of water.

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Why: Water falling from a dam gains kinetic energy, which spins turbines and later becomes electric energy.

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Answer: Kinetic energy of water. Water falling from a dam gains kinetic energy, which spins turbines and later becomes electric energy.

  1. Energy en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Energy
    a dam (from gravitational potential energy to the kinetic energy of water spinning the blades of a turbine
    Checked 2026-11-07.

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