Match Transport to Its Stated Power - Practice 1

Transport changed in many different ways across places and times.

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Transport changed in many different ways across places and times. Use the power source described in the question. Older and newer methods can coexist; a sailing boat does not stop existing when an engine is invented.

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A cart pulled by a horse uses animal power; a boat pushed by wind on sails uses wind power.

Schematic wheeled cart with a force arrow. Text asks the reader to use the stated power source: animal, human, wind or a specified engine. Transport methods can coexist across times and places.

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Two places can have the same straight-line separation but very different travel distances because roads and paths take different routes.

Question 1 A horse pulls a loaded cart. What supplies the pulling power? the horse a steam engine an electric motor

Question 2 Wind pushes the sails of a boat. What supplies the stated power? a battery motor a steam engine wind

Question 3 A person rows a boat with oars. What supplies the stated power? a battery motor human muscles wind on sails

Question 4 A steam engine turns locomotive wheels. What supplies motion to the wheels? the steam engine a horse oars

Question 5 An electric motor turns tram wheels. Which device drives them? sails oars electric motor

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