Transportation Technology Part 1 Mr Barber What is transportation technology Transportation Technology refers to the systems that we use to Move people andor freight from one location to another ID: 761799
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Transportation TechnologyPart 1 Mr. Barber
What is transportation technology Transportation Technology refers to the systems that we use to … Move people and/or freight from one location to another.
Examples What are some examples of transportation systems?
Transportation Environments When talking about transportation, the term environment refers to “where” the vehicle travels. There are four environments of transportation.
Environments Land- Sea- Air- Space-
Land Transportation There are two categories of land transportation. Stationary Vehicular
Land Transportation Cont. Stationary refers to systems that have a permanently set path. Vehicular refers to systems that do not have a permanently set path.
Air Tranportation There are two categories of air transportation systems. Lighter-than-air Heavier-than-air
Air Transportation CONT. Lighter-than-air refers to a vehicle that use a “lighter-than-air” gas to stay in the air. Heavier-than-air refers to a vehicle that must create “lift” to stay in the air.
Water Transportation There are two categories of water transportation systems. Inland Oceanic
Water Transportation Cont. Inland refers to vehicles that are designed to travel on smaller bodies of water like rivers and lakes. Oceanic refers to vehicles that are designed to withstand the forces of the ocean.
Space Transportation There are two categories of space vehicles. Staffed Unstaffed
Space transportation cont. “Staffed” refers to vehicles are a designed to carry people. “Unstaffed” refers to vehicles that are not designed to carry people.
Your Assignment Land Air Water Space Stationary Vehicular Lighter-than-air Heavier-than-air Inland Oceanic Staffed Unstaffed 5 5 2 3 5 2 1 1 Create a chart like you see below and list the assigned number of examples of each category.