Auto Upkeep Ch 18 Quiz

E85 vehicles can burn a blended fuel that contains __________________.

• 85% biodiesel and 15% gasoline

• 85% hydrogen and 15% gasoline

• 85% ethanol and 15% gasoline

• 85% propane and 15% gasoline

What is biodiesel?

• 85% biodiesel and 15% gasoline

• a biologically enhanced petrodiesel

• diesel from a biosphere

• 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?

• natural gas

• gasoline

• diesel

• 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?

• alternator hybrid system

• belt-alternator-starter (BAS) system

• EVAP system

• 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?

• solar vehicles

• hydrogen powered vehicles

• natural gas vehicles

• electric vehicles

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

• from the flowing electrons

• from the flowing protons

• from the high combustion properties of hydrogen

• from water

Which of the following vehicles are currently mass-produced?

• solar powered vehicles

• hydro powered vehicles

• natural gas vehicles

• wind powered vehicles

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

• 3850

• 38,500

• 385,000

• 385,000,000

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

• propane

• gasoline

• diesel

• none of the above

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

• aluminum

• hydrogen

• oxygen

• carbon