Hybrid electric cars

Question 1

What is a hybrid car?

Answer 1

A car that has a petrol engine and an electric motor

Question 2

What propels a hybrid car when it is moving slowly?

Answer 2

The electric motor

Question 3

What propels a hybrid car when it is moving quickly?

Answer 3

The petrol engine

Question 4

What are the advantages of a petrol car?

Answer 4

1. Travels a long distance on one tank of fuel
2. Quick to refill

Question 5

What are the dis-advantages of a petrol car?

Answer 5

1. Makes pollution as it moves
2. Noisy

Question 6

What are the advantages of an electric car?

Answer 6

1. Does not make pollution as it moves.
2. Quiet

Question 7

What are the dis-advantages of an electric car?

Answer 7

1. Slow to charge.
2. Travels a short distance between charges.
3. The electricity used to charge the car has been generated by burning fossil fuels in power stations.

Question 8

What can hybrid cars do to conserve fuel?

Answer 8

Switch off the engine when the car stops.

Regenerative breaking recharges the battery

Question 9

What sort of battery is used in hybrid cars and how are they harmful?

Answer 9

nickel-metal hydride - they cause cancer