Chapter 18 Review

E85 vehicles can burn a blended fuel that contains __________________.

• a.       85% biodiesel and 15% gasoline

• b.      85% hydrogen and 15% gasoline

• c.       85% ethanol and 15% gasoline

• d.      85% propane and 15% gasoline

What is biodiesel?

• a.       85% biodiesel and 15% gasoline

• b.      a biologically enhanced petrodiesel

• c.       diesel from a biosphere

• d.      renewable resource made from animal fats, vegetable oils, or recycled cooking grease

Which of the following fuels has an extensive pipeline system to many homes in the United States?

• a.       natural gas

• b.      gasoline

• c.       diesel

• d.      ethanol

What type of hybrid system, also known as a mild hybrid, combines the alternator and starter into one unit that is connected to the engine by a drive belt?

• a.       alternator hybrid system

• b.      belt-alternator-starter (BAS) system

• c.       EVAP system

• d.      plug-in hybrid system

What types of vehicles were extremely popular with city dwellers in the early 1900s until low cost, reliable internal combustion engines were developed?

• a.       solar vehicles

• b.      hydrogen powered vehicles

• c.       natural gas vehicles

• d.      electric vehicles

Where does a hydrogen PEM fuel cell vehicle get its energy to power an electric motor?  

• a.       from the flowing electrons

• b.      from the flowing protons

• c.       from the high combustion properties of hydrogen

• d.      from water

Which of the following vehicles are currently mass-produced?     

• a.       solar powered vehicles

• b.      hydro powered vehicles

• c.       natural gas vehicles

• d.      wind powered vehicles

The U.S. consumes about __________ gallons of gasoline per day.    

• a.       3850

• b.      38,500

• c.       385,000

• d.      385,000,000

What fuel has one of the simplest hydrocarbons, making it very clean burning?    

• a.       propane

• b.      gasoline

• c.       diesel

• d.      none of the above

What is the simplest, lightest, and most abundant element in the universe?    

• a.       aluminum

• b.      hydrogen

• c.       oxygen

• d.      carbon