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