Transportation Quiz

Transportation is vital to our lives because it provides access to what?

• Education, recreation, jobs, goods, services, and other people

• Only educational institutions

• Only recreational activities

• Only job opportunities

What do different transportation systems enable to travel?

• People, packages, and commodities

• Only people

• Only packages

• Only commodities

Transportation systems allow travel from where to where?

• From house to house, from town to town, from country to country, and even from earth to the moon

• From house to house only

• From town to town only

• From country to country only

Which of the following is NOT mentioned as an individual mode of transportation in the text?

• Bicycle

• Ship

• Airplane

• Bus

What is the final step in the delivery process described in the text?

• A truck takes the parcel to the airport.

• An airplane delivers the parcel to a city across the continent.

• A mail carrier uses a bus or mail truck to deliver the parcel to your friend's house.

• The parcel is taken to a central depot for sorting.

According to the text, what do bicycle, truck, airplane, and bus form together?

• A transportation network

• A delivery sequence

• A transportation system

• A sorting system

Aside from public roads, what other transportation networks are mentioned in the text?

• Railways and subways

• Commercially navigable waterways and ports

• Bicycle lanes and pedestrian paths

• Private roadways and helipads

What is the main cause of global climate change according to the text?

• The number of vehicles has increased.

• The use of vehicles more often.

• Carbon dioxide produced by hydrocarbon fuels.

• Regulations for vehicles.

What has been done to reduce the pollution caused by vehicles?

• Decreasing the world's supply of petroleum.

• Increasing the use of vehicles.

• Implementing regulations for vehicles.

• Burning less hydrocarbon fuels.

Despite regulations ensuring that vehicles pollute less, what other factor contributes to pollution?

• Vehicles are used less often.

• The number of vehicles has decreased.

• The number of vehicles and frequency of use have increased.

• Hydrocarbon fuels no longer produce carbon dioxide.