Updated 26 May 2025
SGE chapter 6 Questions with Detailed
Verified Answers
the primary purpose of the ignition system of a small
gas engine is to provide sufficient electrical voltage to
discharge:
✓✓ a spark between the electrodes of the spark plug
the ignition system must be capable of producing as
much as ____ volts to force the electrical current across
the plug gap
✓✓ 30,000
A single cylinder, four cycle engine running at 3000
rpm requires ____ ignition sparks per minute, or ___
sparks per second
✓✓ 1500, 25
three types of magnetos in use on small gas engines
✓✓ Mechanical breaker ignition system
Capacitive discharge ignition system
transistor controlled ingition system
electrons travel in ___ around the center of an atom
, Updated 26 May 2025
✓✓ orbits
electrons have ___ electrical charges, and protons have
___ electrical chargess
✓✓ negative, positive
neutrons and protons make up the ____ of an atom
✓✓ nucleus
In any atom, the electrons are equal in number to the
___
✓✓ protons
Explain why electrons do not collide with one another
✓✓ bc their similarily negative charges repel eachother
electrons tend to stay in orbits due to their attraction
by
✓✓ positively charged protons
Three ways in which an electrical potential is produced
and give an example of each one
SGE chapter 6 Questions with Detailed
Verified Answers
the primary purpose of the ignition system of a small
gas engine is to provide sufficient electrical voltage to
discharge:
✓✓ a spark between the electrodes of the spark plug
the ignition system must be capable of producing as
much as ____ volts to force the electrical current across
the plug gap
✓✓ 30,000
A single cylinder, four cycle engine running at 3000
rpm requires ____ ignition sparks per minute, or ___
sparks per second
✓✓ 1500, 25
three types of magnetos in use on small gas engines
✓✓ Mechanical breaker ignition system
Capacitive discharge ignition system
transistor controlled ingition system
electrons travel in ___ around the center of an atom
, Updated 26 May 2025
✓✓ orbits
electrons have ___ electrical charges, and protons have
___ electrical chargess
✓✓ negative, positive
neutrons and protons make up the ____ of an atom
✓✓ nucleus
In any atom, the electrons are equal in number to the
___
✓✓ protons
Explain why electrons do not collide with one another
✓✓ bc their similarily negative charges repel eachother
electrons tend to stay in orbits due to their attraction
by
✓✓ positively charged protons
Three ways in which an electrical potential is produced
and give an example of each one
