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Engines in transport

Power Mechanics · Grade 10 · about 40 minutes

How engine size follows from the work a vehicle must do, from a boda boda to a lorry.

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  1. What an engine is
  2. The energy chain
  3. Burning fuel releases heat
  4. Expanding gas pushes the piston
  5. From push to rotation
  6. Where the fuel energy goes
  7. Engines in transport
  8. Engines in farming and industry
  9. Engines making electricity and moving water
  10. Engines today and tomorrow