13. What do you mean by Escalators?

Escalators are used to carry more number of people between one floor to
the other at any instant.
14. Mention atleast two advantages of hydro electric power plant.
1. Water is a cheap and renewable source of energy where as the fuel used in other
plants is expensive and exhaustible.
2. There is no air pollution, radiation hazard, ash disposal problem.
. !ost of maintenance is less.
15. Eplain the concept of flow of wind on earth
"low of wind is the effect of solar heat. The energy form the sun heats up
the earth surface. #s the earth rotates about its own axis and also revolves around
the surface of the earth is sub$ected to alternate heating and cooling. This change
is temperature results is change in pressure and thus wind starts flowing from
higher pressure zone to low pressure zone. Thus the earth atmosphere is a
marvelous solar driven heat engine that can generate about 1% million &W of
power.
1!. What is a vibrator?
'ibrator is an electric device used to compact the concrete by expelling the
entrapped air.