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WorksheetsEngine Combustion Pre-Quiz
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 12mins
The bore in which a piston travels
Cylinder
An engine part that slides back and forth in a cylinder
Piston
An engine part that links a piston to the crankshaft
Connecting rod
An engine part that converts reciprocating motion created by the engine pistons to rotating motion
Crankshaft
Reorder the following events that occur in an internal combustion engine.
Intake
Compression
Power
Exhaust
A _____ refers to the full travel of the piston in the cylinder.
stroke
jet
piston
venturi
A(n) _____ is a device that changes the chemical energy in fuel to mechanical energy.
camshaft
piston
engine
cylinder
The _____ is a lobed shaft that is used to open and close the valves.
camshaft
jet
crankshaft
flywheel
Four-stroke engines are commonly installed on handheld power equipment due to their smaller size and reduced weight.
True
False
Cylinder head
Piston
Engines are either air cooled or liquid cooled
True
False
A car engine's job is to
convert fuel into heat
convert fuel into motion
convert fuel into exhaust
A car uses a four-stroke engine.
The four strokes are:
intake, compression, combustion and exhaust
injection, rotation, combustion and exhaust
injection, carburetion, rotation and exhaust
There are three Basic failures that can happen in an engine:
bad fuel mix, lack of compression and...
lack of exhaust
lack of water
lack of spark
In a car engine's cylinder, valves let fuel in and exhaust out.
The _________ moves these valves
camshaft
timing belt
distributor
What might happen if water gets into your gas tank?
It'll make it hard for the engine to burn the fuel.
It'll help the car get better gas mileage.
It'll make the engine blow up.
What happens if your car leaks or burns off all of its oil?
It'll start an oil fire.
The engine will seize.
It'll cause oil poisoning.
