Transportation Systems

What does transportation mean?

• moving people and things from place to place
• exporting good
• importing good
• all of these describe transportation

Transportation vehicles are made up of subsystems, such as structural, propulsion, suspension, guidance, control, and support, that must function together for a system to work effectively.

• True
• False
• I don't know

Transporting people and goods involves a combination of individuals and vehicles.

• True
• False
• I don't know

To which rocky planet are scientists planning a manned space mission

• Jupiter
• Mars
• Neptune
• Venus

What object is launched into orbit and designed to send and receive information?

• rover
• satellite
• space shuttle
• space probe

1.  A system that is part of another larger system. Smaller systems that exist within larger systems.

• Subsystems
• Mega system
• Main system
• Solar System

Common engines used in transportation: Gasoline engines

• used in autos, motorcycles
• used in soapbox derby cars
• used in trailers
• used in cutting

Common engines in Tranportation– powers large ocean going ships, electrical plants to produce electricity

• Steam Engine
• Gasoline Engine
• Solar Engine
• Wind enging

Comon engines used in Transportaion: used in trucks, construction equipment to pull big heavy loads

• Diesel Engines 
• Nuclear Engines
• Solar Engines
• Gamma engines

Powers some cars, locomotives, subways

• Electric motors
• Gasoline motor
• Steam engine
• Nuclear engine