Trains
This type of train moves people within a city, usually underground or on elevated tracks.
What is a Subway?
This is the part of the airplane that helps it lift off the ground.
What are wings?
This device controls the direction of a car.
What is a Steering Wheel?
This underground train system is the main way many people travel around New York City.
What is the New York City Subway?
This large boat carries people and cars across short distances of water.
What is a Ferry?
This train system connects cities across the United States and is operated by the federal government.
What is Amtrak?
This person flies the airplane.
Who is a Pilot?
This company created the Model T, making cars affordable for many Americans.
What is Ford Motor Company?
These bright yellow vehicles are famous for transporting passengers throughout NYC.
What are Taxis?
This famous NYC ferry travels between Manhattan and Staten Island.
What is the Staten Island Ferry?
This is the fastest type of train in the world, often called a “bullet train.”
What is a high-speed rail / bullet train?
This aircraft company makes the 737 and 747 airplanes.
What is Boeing?
This type of vehicle runs on electricity instead of gasoline.
What is an electric car?
This transportation system runs commuter trains from NYC to Long Island.
What is the Long Island Rail Road (IRL)?
This type of boat is designed for luxury travel and vacations.
What is a cruise ship?
This famous train route in the U.S. runs from Chicago to Seattle and passes through the Rocky Mountains.
What is the Empire Builder?
This is the busiest airport in the United States, located in Atlanta.
What is Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport?
This U.S. highway system was started in 1956 to connect states with major roads.
What is the Interstate Highway System?
This commuter rail system connects New York City to parts of the Hudson Valley and Connecticut.
What is the Metro-North Railroad?
This man-made waterway connects the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean across Central America.
What is the Panama Canal?
This country introduced the world’s first high-speed bullet train in 1964.
What is Japan?
This supersonic passenger airplane flew from 1976 to 2003 and could cross the Atlantic in under 3.5 hours.
What is the Concorde?
This company is known for popular electric vehicles like the Model S and Model 3.
What is Tesla, Inc?
This elevated park in Manhattan was built on an old freight rail line.
What is The High Line?
This massive ship famously sank in 1912 after hitting an iceberg.
What is the Titanic?