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Which is the second fastest method of transport, after the rocket?Read the answer and worked solution →Why is helium usually preferred to hydrogen as a lifting gas in airships?Read the answer and worked solution →Land transport consists of which two kinds?Read the answer and worked solution →What is the distance between the two rails of a railway track called?Read the answer and worked solution →In a train, what does a locomotive commonly do?Read the answer and worked solution →How does a tram differ from a train?Read the answer and worked solution →What is the main advantage of road transport?Read the answer and worked solution →Which transport mode is a highly efficient way to carry very large quantities of goods, though slow?Read the answer and worked solution →For transcontinental shipping, how does water transport compare in cost with air transport?Read the answer and worked solution →What did standard ISO containers do for trade?Read the answer and worked solution →Which cargoes are typical examples of bulk transport?Read the answer and worked solution →Public passenger transport is best described as what?Read the answer and worked solution →Which is the cheapest mode of passenger transport but not always flexible?Read the answer and worked solution →Transport is said to create what kind of utility for goods?Read the answer and worked solution →The prefix tele- in telecommunication means what?Read the answer and worked solution →Who built the first fixed visual telegraph (semaphore) line between Lille and Paris in 1792?Read the answer and worked solution →Why were beacon chains limited?Read the answer and worked solution →The first commercial electrical telegraph was demonstrated in 1837 by Cooke and whom?Read the answer and worked solution →In which year was a patent for the conventional telephone filed by Alexander Bell?Read the answer and worked solution →Which inventor sent radio signals across the Atlantic by 1901?Read the answer and worked solution →From the mid-1960s, what replaced vacuum tubes in electronics?Read the answer and worked solution →Packet switching is a technology that does what with a message?Read the answer and worked solution →

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Which is the second fastest method of transport, after the rocket?

  1. Motorway car travel
  2. High-speed train
  3. Commercial aircraft
  4. Large sailing ship
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Correct answer: C. Commercial aircraft

1. Commercial jets reach speeds of up to 955 kilometres per hour. 2. The aircraft is the second fastest method of transport, after the rocket. 3. Trains, cars and ships are all slower. _Source: Wikipedia, Transport, Air_

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Why is helium usually preferred to hydrogen as a lifting gas in airships?

  1. Helium is red in colour
  2. Hydrogen is heavier than air
  3. Hydrogen is highly flammable
  4. Hydrogen is very costly to find
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Correct answer: C. Hydrogen is highly flammable

1. Aerostats gain lift from a gas less dense than the surrounding air. 2. Helium is typically used because hydrogen is highly flammable. 3. Hydrogen is in fact lighter than air, so weight is not the reason. _Source: Wikipedia, Transport, Air_

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Land transport consists of which two kinds?

  1. Cable and canal
  2. Sea and air routes
  3. Pipeline and space
  4. Rail and road lines
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Correct answer: D. Rail and road lines

1. Land transport covers all land-based systems moving people and goods. 2. It consists of two kinds, rail and road. 3. Sea and air belong to water and air transport. _Source: Wikipedia, Transport, Land_

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