Vocabulary
Engine Components
Theory
Bonus Questions
100

A solution added to water to prevent it from freezing

What is antifreeze?

100

water pump, water jackets, radiator, thermostat

What are components in a liquid cooled system?

100

This must be done before working on a small engine

What is drain the fluids?

100

Ms. Pollitt's first name

What is Ashley?

200

Coolant passages surrounding the cylinder

What are water jackets?

200

cooling fins, shroud, air

What are components in an air cooled system?
200

These pockets of coolant surround the combustion chamber in a liquid cooled system

What are water jackets?

200

Mrs. Stauder's first name

What is Sharon?

300

Heat transferred through a solid material

What is conduction?
300

a reservoir that is made from many thin copper tubes. This component transfers heat from the coolant to the air.

What is a radiator?

300

the build up of grass, dirt, and debris in the cooling fins leads to this issue with a small engine

What is overheating?

300

The Principle of Palatine High School for 2019

Who is Mr. Medina?

400

Heat transferred through the movement of gas or air

What is convection?

400

The space that the piston fills and where the small engine receives a spark to ignite an air fuel mixture. 

What is the combustion chamber or cylinder?

400

Airflow passes through the shroud, through the flywheel and escapes through the cooling fins. (what type of cooling system?)

What is an air cooled system?

400
The make of the small engines we work on

What is Briggs and Stratton?

500
These increase the surface area around the outside of the cylinder

What are cooling fins?

500

This component forces air through the cylinder.

What is a shroud?

500

The stroke when the piston fires.

What is the power stroke or the 3rd stroke?
500
The three courses Ms. Pollitt teaches at Palatine High School
What is IED (intro to engineering design)/PLTW, woodworking, and small engines?
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