MODES

OF

TRANSPORT

Ideal for door to door journeys

Comfortable

Can own your own private car

Quite cheap

Ideal for short distance

Can be used to transport goods

Can leave when you want

Can go to where you want

Advantages Disadvantages

Traffic – cause delays

Pollution

Accidents

Roads take up a lot of land

SSC Ultimate Aero: 257 mph+, 0-60 in 2.7 secs. Twin-Turbo V8 Engine with 1183 hp, base price is $654,400. Tested in March 2007 by Guinness world records, The SSC Ultimate Aero takes the lead as the fastest car in the world beating Bugatti Veyron.

Nissan Terranaut: It seats three people in an interior quite obviously modeled after a U.S.S. Enterprise shuttlecraft. The “spherical laboratory” is accessed from a seat that swivels 360 degrees to give any intrepid scientist access to all of the vehicle’s workstations. Those workstations leave room for only one passenger-side door, while the driver’s side has two swing-out doors with no b-pillar.

First invented vehicle!

Rail Transport

Can become overcrowded

Remote areas are poorly served

Can be expensive

Noise and air pollution

Ideal for intercity use

Can transport bulky goodsFast

Generally very punctual

Advantages Disadvantages

Maglev (Magnetic Levitation) trains can travel at speeds of up to 310 mph (500 kph).

For more info: http://science.howstuffworks.com/maglev-train.htm

Steam engines (heat engines using boiling water to

produce mechanical motion) have a long history,

going back at least 2000 years.

For more info:

http://www.howstuffworks.com/steam.htm

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Quite slowIdeal for Transportation of bulky goods

Transportation of hazardous goods

Luxurious cruise linersLong distance travel

Bad weather can cause delaysIf ship runs aground it causes

a lot of damageFew destinations

Leisure sailingAdvantages Disadvantages

The world's most luxurious cruise liner that really is a 'floating city‘ - Oasis of the Seas

These amazing images show the world's largest ever cruise liner taking shape, complete with 'beach pool', shopping mall, rock-climbing walls, outdoor amphitheatre, and New York-style loft suites.

The ship under construction at the Aker Yards of Turku in Finland. Almost 1200 feet long, 154 foot wide and rising 213 feet above the water line, the Oasis of the Seas will be able to host 3,000 crew to service every passenger's need. It will also boast a rock wall, over 15 restaurants and bars, a casino, a theatre, two night-clubs and the largest freshwater pool on any cruise liner.

Built for Royal Caribbean International, when Oasis of the Seas launches next November, she will be the largest and most revolutionary cruise ship

in the world.

For more info check this out:http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/

article-1082589/Pictured-The-worlds-luxurious-cruise-liner-really-floating-

city.html

FastComfortable

Ideal for long distances

Fast delivery of goods

Ideal for light and valuable goods

Can be expensiveLimited storage space

High running costsLots of space is needed for

airportsNoise pollution

Advantages Disadvantages

The first plane was invented by the Wright Brothers on December 17, 1903. After a lot of experimenting over planes, Orville Wright and Wilbur Wright became the first inventors to fly a plane with a person in it. The plane flew for almost one hundred and twenty feet in twelve seconds. Their plane was named as Flyer attached with two wings on either side. The wings were made out of wood and were 40 feet wide.

Rocket planes aside, the SR-71 Blackbird holds

the current record speed of 2,242 mph!