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Transport Through Time Flashcards

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What does transport mean?

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Transport means carrying goods and people from one place to another.

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Name three ways to transport on land?

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Any three: Animals, bicycles, trains, motorcycles, cars, taxis, buses, walking

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Name two ways to travel on water?

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Any two : Canoes, boats, shops, swimming, ferries

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How do we travel in air?

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Airplanes, helicopters

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True or false: Donkeys can’t carry heavy loads

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False

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Provide two reasons that donkeys are not good for transport

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Donkeys can be stubborn, Donkeys can’t travel long distances without getting tired and hungry.

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Name two reasons why donkeys are good for travel

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They can carry people, they can carry heavy loads, they can pull carts

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What were early (first) wheels made of?

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Wooden discs with a hole in the centre

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What is the axle of a wheel?

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A shaft on which the wheel turns

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Name three things that use wheels

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Any three: Carts; bicycles; motor cars; trains; aeroplanes for taking off and landing

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In what ways do you think the wheel changed transport on land?

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Example: The wheel made transport faster and easier ; Wheels allow one to move very heavy objects

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True or False : A wagon is a covered vehicle

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True

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True or False : Even on rough roads, wagons are comfortable to sit in

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False

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True or False : Oxen do not need a person to guide them

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False

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What animals are usually used to pull wagons?

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Oxen

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What were wagons used for?

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To transport goods

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Were coaches invented before or after cars?

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Before

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What animal is usually used to pull a coach?

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Horse

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What stops a horse’s hooves from wearing?

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Horseshoes

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True or False : The first bicycle did not have pedals.

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True

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What is a Penny-Farthing?

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A bicycle with a front wheel bigger than the back wheel

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Fill in the correct word. Either “before “ or “after “: A bicycle without pedals was invented … a bicycle with pedals

A

Before

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Fill in the correct word, either “before “ or “ after”: The safety bicycle was invented … the bicycle with no pedals.

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After

24
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What is a tandem bicycle?

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A bicycle with two seats and two pairs of pedals for two people.

25
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Who invented the steam engine?

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George Stephenson

26
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Before the steam engine, what was the most important form of transport?

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Horses

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What advantages did the steam engine have over the horse?

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It never got tired, It could carry heavy loads and people at the same time

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The steam locomotive that George Stephenson invented was called: a) The Car b) The Rocket c) The Speedlash

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B) The Rocket

29
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Correct the sentence if required: The very first cars were powered by steam and drove very fast

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The very first cars were powered by steam and drove slowly

30
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What is transport that was developed recently called?

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Modern transport

31
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What do most forms of modern transport need to travel?

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Good tar roads; petrol or diesel

32
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What is the main advantage of old forms of transport?

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Could travel without tar roads ; Didn’t use fossil fuels that pollute the air

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What are the main advantages of modern transport?

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It is faster; Don’t need food and care like animals

34
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What is a raft?

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A flat vessel made of logs or planks that is used on water

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How were the first canoes made?

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By chopping out the insides of logs

36
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What is used to move rafts, canoes and reed boats forward?

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Human muscle and oars

37
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Name two ancient water vessels

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Canoe, raft, reed boat

38
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What is the sail on a ship for?

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Sails catch the wind that move the ship forward

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Why is a clipper called so?

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It has three or more masts so it moves very quickly and “clips” through the waves

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Name a sailing vessel

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Any one: Clipper, tall ship, caravel, junk, dhow

41
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How do you think new sailing ships affected trading between countries?

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Example : The ships were able to carry lots of cargo and could be faster than land transport. Countries that were not connected by land could now trade with each other.

42
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Did any passengers escape the Titanic sinking?

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Yes

43
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What replaced sailing ships for cargo transport on water?

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Steamships

44
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What is used to transport goods around the world on water today?

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Cargo and container ships

45
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Name some of the environmental impacts that transport has?

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Examples: Landscape is destroyed to create roads and railways; cars and airplanes pollute the air; oil tanker spills cause sea life to die and cover beaches in oil

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What was the first aircraft to carry a human in the air?

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A hot ait balloon

47
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What was the cause of people not wanting to use airships for travel?

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The Hindenburg disaster in 1937. It burst into flames just before landing in front of a crowd of people who were watching it land.

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What did the Wright Brothers fly before the first aeroplane?

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A glider that flies on air currents.

49
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Why are the Wright Brothers important history?

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They invented the aeroplane.

50
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Name three differences between the Wright Brothers ‘ first aeroplane and a modern aeroplane.

A

The modern aeroplane is much faster; the Wright Brothers ‘ aeroplane could not fly as high as modern aeroplanes; the Wright Brothers ‘ aeroplane had a double wing

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