Transportation Basics Ch. 9
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- What are the 5 basic modes of transportation?
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W A R P H
Water
Airplane
Railway
Pipeline
Highway - What is anything that is being transported (solids, liquids, gases) that is not a person called?
- Cargo
- Freight is also called.....
- Cargo
- What are the 2 basic types of cargo? This depends on how the cargo is handled.
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Bulk
Break Bulk - Cargo that is loose is called....
- Bulk Cargo
- Cargo that comes in separate units like (TV sets, Books, Bicycles) is called...
- Break Bulk Cargo
- What is a type of water transportation that is used to transport people and water called...
- Ship
- What is the type of transportation called that transports cargo on water called....
- Barges
- Barges are pushed by what in the water?
- Towboats
- On-site transportation devices are used to move people. Name 3.
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M E E
Moving Walkways
Elevators
Esclators - A simple type of conveyer that works by gravity is called....
- Chute
- A word that describes the basic way of transporting passengers and cargo.
- Mode
- Transportation devices are called...
- Vehicles
- When people are being transported from one place to another, they are called....
- Passengers
- A small package is called a ....
- Parcel
- A type of "loose cargo" like grain is called....
- Bulk Cargo
- When value is added by making a product avaliable in a different location. An example is Florida Oranges.
- Place Utility
- Conveyors, cranes, hoists and industrial trucks are examples of ....
- materials-handling equipment
- Transportation for hire is called...
- Commercial Transportation
- Industrial trucks...
- are vehicles used as on-site transportation
- The 3 types of transportation are:
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P C G
Personal
Commercial
Govermental - When 2 or more "modes" of transportation work together to deliver cargo, the service is called...
- Intermodal
- A cableway is sometimes called a ...
- tram or tramway
- A standard cargo container is ....
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--made of metal
--8'w, 8'h, 40'long
--used in 3 of the different mode of transportation - The main advantage of containerization is...
- reduce cargo handling
- A person or company that collect many small shipments and consolidates them into 1 large shipment is called...
- freight forwarder
- The movement of people within a building is an example of ...
- on-site transportation
- Like all companies, transportation companies are in business to make a ...
- profit
- When you travel by air, this saves...
- time
- Riding a bicycle is an example of which type of transportation?
- Personal