Electricity is produced in a hydroelectric plant when moving water turns a turbine. Which describes this energy transformation from the turning turbine to electricity? A kinetic energy into electric energy B nuclear energy into electrical energy C thermal energy into electric energy D chemical energy into electric energy
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