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8 th Grade Technology. Transportation Technology Part 1. Transportation Technology refers to the systems that we use to … Move people and/or freight from one location to another. What is transportation technology. What are some examples of transportation systems?. Examples.
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8th Grade Technology Transportation TechnologyPart 1
Transportation Technology refers to the systems that we use to … Move people and/or freight from one location to another. What is transportation technology
When talking about transportation, the term environment refers to “where” the vehicle travels. There are four environments of transportation. Transportation Environments
Land Air Water Space Environments
There are two categories of land transportation. Stationary Vehicular Land Transportation
Stationary refers to systems that have a permanently set path. Vehicular refers to systems that have a random or changing path. Land Transportation Cont.
There are two categories of air transportation systems. Lighter-than-air Heavier-than-air Air Tranportation
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. Air Transportation CONT.
There are two categories of water transportation systems. Inland Oceanic Water Transportation
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 that forces of the ocean. Water Transportation Cont.
There are two categories of space vehicles. Staffed Unstaffed Space Transportation
“Staffed” refers to vehicles are a designed to carry people. “Unstaffed” refers to vehicles that are not designed to carry people. Space transportation cont.
Your Assignment Create a chart like you see below and list the assigned number of examples of each category.