Inside the Car: teacher key

Gas and Electric Cars, grade 1 edition, written for 1st grade. Gas cars burn fuel in an engine. Electric cars use a battery and a motor. Find out what each one does.

Read the book. Print this page for the key.

Questions and answers

1. What lights the fuel in a gas engine?
   • A spark plug (answer)
   • A battery
   • A tailpipe
2. Where do gases go out of a gas car?
   • Through a motor
   • Through a charge port
   • Through a tailpipe (answer)
3. What does an electric car store its energy in?
   • A battery (answer)
   • A piston
   • A tailpipe
4. What does a charge port let you do?
   • Burn fuel
   • Plug it in (answer)
   • Make gases
5. What turns the wheels of an electric car?
   • A piston
   • A spark
   • A motor (answer)

Words

• piston: up-down part
• engine: power maker
• battery: stores energy
• motor: power spinner
• tailpipe: gas pipe