40 Car Trivia Questions for Kids

1. What round control does a driver turn to guide a car left or right?

2. Which pedal slows a car when the driver presses it?

3. Which pedal asks a car to go faster?

4. Which dashboard dial shows how fast a car is moving?

5. Which dashboard gauge shows how much gasoline is left?

6. What does a car's odometer measure?

7. What do flashing turn signals tell other road users?

8. In a car with gears that the driver changes by hand, which pedal disconnects the engine's power from the wheels during a gear change?

9. Which car part clicks into a buckle to hold a passenger in place?

10. What mirror inside a car shows the driver the road behind?

11. What flap above a car's front window can be lowered to block bright sunlight?

12. Which small compartment in front of the passenger seat can hold a car manual?

13. Which part of a car seat sits behind the passenger's head?

14. What is the panel in front of the driver that holds instruments and controls?

15. Which system cools the air inside a car on a hot day?

16. Which sliding or tilting roof panel can let sunshine and fresh air into a car?

17. What material forms the flexible outer part of a typical car tire?

18. What is the patterned outer surface of a car tire that touches the road called?

19. Which moving blades clear rain from a car's front glass?

20. Which lights shine ahead of a car to light the road?

21. Which red lights become brighter when a driver presses the brake pedal?

22. In American English, what is the hinged cover over a car's engine compartment called?

23. What is the rear luggage compartment of a typical sedan called in American English?

24. Which car system uses springs and dampers to soften bumps from the road?

25. Which car part cools hot engine coolant before it flows back through the engine?

26. Which small engine part makes the spark that lights the fuel-air mixture in a gasoline engine?

27. Which liquid lubricates the moving parts inside a car engine?

28. Which part traps dirt from the air before that air enters a gasoline engine?

29. Which part makes electricity while a gasoline car's engine runs and helps recharge its battery?

30. Which engine part slides back and forth inside a cylinder?

31. Which car part holds the gasoline before the engine uses it?

32. Which device moves gasoline from the tank toward the engine?

33. What turns the wheels in an all-electric car instead of a gasoline engine?

34. Where does an all-electric car store most of the energy used for driving?

35. Which opening connects an electric car to a charging cable?

36. What is regenerative braking designed to recover while an electric car slows down?

37. What two kinds of power equipment does a gasoline-electric hybrid combine?

38. Which exhaust-system part makes a gasoline engine sound quieter?

39. Which part turns the up-and-down motion of engine pistons into rotation?

40. What is another common name for a car's gearbox?