Electric Cars: History and Future

What is the main idea of the section titled "The Resurgence"?

• Beginning in the late 1960s, electric cars made somewhat of a comeback.
• Electric cars could now travel as fast as 44 mph.
• New laws began restricting the amount of emissions vehicles could put out.
• The United State Postal Service built several hundred electric delivery vehicles.

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What problem of early electric cars is still a problem today?

• cost
• size
• noise
• all the reason listed

How are hybrid cars different from gasoline-powered cars?

• Hybrid cars us two sources of fuel.
• Hybrid cars cannot carry as many people.
• Hybrid cars are able to go longer distances.
• Hybrid cars are not as fuel efficient as gas-powered cars.

Some laws restrict the amount of harmful __________ that cars can put into the atmosphere as a result of burning fuel.

• breakthroughs
• emissions
• hybrids
• prototypes

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How were car builders affected by the Clean Air Act?

• They looked for more oil.
• They were motivated to build better electric cars.
• They could no longer build gasoline-powered cars.
• They build more gasoline cars.

What might be different today if people had been using electric cars for the past one hundred years, rather than gasoline-powered ones?

• We might not have imported as much oil.
• We might not have as much air pollution.
• We might need to generate more electricity.
• All of the reason listed.

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What is the benefit of electric cars over gasoline-powered cars?

• They are safer.
• They are sold at a cheaper cost.
• They can be powered by energy from renewable resources.
• They can go faster.

If something uses little fuel and makes no waste, it is ______________.

• flamboyant
• efficient 
• dangerous
• pungent

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What is true about hydrogen?

• Hydrogen is hard to get.
• Hydrogen is difficult to store safely in a car.
• Hydrogen can power fuel cells that provide electricity for electric cars.
• All the way listed.

Which of the following was not a reason why steam cars were less popular than electric cars?

• Steam cars took a long time to start.
• Steam cars could only travel a short distance before needed more water.
• Steam cars had a noisy engine.
• Steam cars didn't provide as smooth a ride as electric cars. 

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