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1 What is Transportation?
Transportation is the process by which passengers or goods are moved or delivered from one place to another.

2 Transportation systems can be divided into four types and their subtypes.
_____ ____ _____ ______ Fixed Lighter-than-air Inland Manned Random Heavier-than-air Oceanic Unmanned

3 _________ Systems that move goods and people from one place to another on _______. ________ Routes cars, buses, motorcycles _______ Routes trains, elevators, pipelines

4 ________ Lifting passengers and/or cargo ______ ___ in order to move from place to place. _______________ dirigibles, zeppelins, hot-air balloons _______________ airplanes, helicopters, jets

5 ____________ __________ (lakes/rivers) canoes, flat bottom boats
The use of ______ to __________ the vessel in the transport of people or goods. __________ (lakes/rivers) canoes, flat bottom boats __________(oceans/bays) oil tankers, submarines, merchant ships

6 ___________ Systems that move people and goods __________ the ____________________. ______________ space station, shuttle ______________ space probe, satellites

7 Each transportation vehicle is made up of subsystems
Each transportation vehicle is made up of subsystems. These subsystems are: Propulsion Systems Suspension Systems Control Systems Guidance Systems Structural Systems Support Systems

8 Vehicle Sub-Systems __________ Systems: transportation systems must have a ________ to _______ it from a starting point to its destination. ___________ Systems: Vehicular weight is supported by the suspension systems. It ___________ the ________ of a vehicle as it moves down a pathway.

9 Vehicle Sub-Systems ______________ systems: _________ _______ and __________ of a vehicle’s path. The moving of people or cargo from one location to another requires control. ___________ systems: __________ _____________ concerning the control of the vehicle. Guidance systems can be simple or quite complex.

10 Vehicle Sub-Systems ______________ systems: structural systems accommodate a vehicle’s cargo and form the _______ _______________ of the vehicle. ______________ systems: are used to _________ ________ and other transportation technologies.

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