1. Transportation
The process whereby human beings transfer people and/or goods from one place to another

2. TRANSPORTATION PROCESSES

3. Determines the path the load will travel
Routing
Determines the path the load will travel

4. Assigning a time for the travel
Scheduling
Assigning a time for the travel

5. Physical placement of people and/or goods on or in a vehicle
Loading
Physical placement of people and/or goods on or in a vehicle

6. Removal of goods or allowing people to disembark
Unloading
Removal of goods or allowing people to disembark

7. Stationery placement of goods and/or people
Storage
Stationery placement of goods and/or people

8. MODES OF TRANSPORTATION

9. Land Transportation
A transportation system operating on or beneath the Earth’s surface
example - car, truck, railroad, pipeline, conveyor belt, bicycle

10. Air Transportation
A mode of transportation using aircraft to move people and cargo to their destinations
example - airplane, helicopter, glider

11. Space Transportation
A newer mode of transportation that uses unmanned and manned flights to explore the universe
example - satellites, space shuttles, space stations

12. Water Transportation
A transportation system through, and supported by, water
example - ships, sailboats, tugboats, ferries, submarines, tankers, ocean liners

13. Intermodal Transportation
What is it?

14. WATER TRANSPORTATION KEY TERMS

15. Archimedes’ Principle
An object must displace an amount of water which is equal to its own weight

16. The upward force a fluid exerts on a body placed in the fluid
Buoyancy
The upward force a fluid exerts on a body placed in the fluid

17. Hull
The body of the boat; does not include the motor, sails or other “extra stuff”

18. Parts of a Vessel
Starboard
Port
Stern
Bow