In a gasoline engine, the area in the cylinder head where the air-and-fuel mixture is burned is called the

a. combustion chamber.
b. piston.
c. intake valve.
d. cylinder.

In a gasoline engine, the area in the cylinder head where the air-and-fuel mixture is burned is called the cylinder. ( D )

Answer

In a gasoline engine, the area in the cylinder head where the air-and-fuel mixture is burned is called the combustion chamber.

Option (A) is correct .

Combustion chamber

It is a heat engine where fuel is burnt in the presence of air and mechanical power is generated when fuel is burnt .

Thus the process of burning of fuel in presence of air is known as combustion .

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