By Abilin Deni Jebin

1. Grade 2
Environmental science

2. Chapter 13
How we travel

3. Match the pictures with the correct boxes.
pilot sea road
sailor four wheels sky

4. * Vehicles help up move from one place to
another. They are also called means of transport.
* There are different means of transport.
* Land
* Water
* Air
Means of transport

5. Different means of transport
In villages people use bullock carts for
transporting farm produce.

6. Some years ago, tongas or horse carts
were also quite common.

7. Nowadays, the most common means of land
transport are two-wheelers such as bicycles,
scooters and motorcycles.

8. Buses take many people to places both
within the city and outside, to other towns
and cities.

9. People use cars to travel within and outside
the city.

10. Autorickshaws are a convenient way to
travel within a city.

11. Trucks are used to transport goods from one
place to another.

12. Trains take thousands of people to many
small towns and big cities.

13. In big cities there are Metro trains.

14. Aeroplanes fly in the air and take us
to far away places.

15. Helicopters are used to carry people.

16. Ships, boats and ferries carry people and
goods across water bodies.

17. Using fuel
 Carts are driven by
animals.
 Other means of transport
have engines.

18. All engines need fuel. Fuel is a substance that
burns to produce heat. The heat makes parts of
the engine turn.

19. Most cars run on petrol. Some cars also run
on diesel and electricity. Buses and trucks
run on diesel.

20. Autorickshaw runs on Compressed Natural
Gas (CNG).

21. Traffic jams
In big cities, everyone uses transport to go to
schools, offices or markets. So, there are many
vehicles are on the road, This causes traffic jams.

22. pollution
All vehicles give out smoke and gases. These
make the air dirty. Making air dirty is called air
pollution.

23. Vehicles use the horns that makes our roads
very noisy. This is called noise pollution. Np
can cause headaches & loss of hearing.

24. Aircraft in which a single person can fly.

25. Aircraft that fly using the Sun’s energy.

26. Huge ships which are cities within
themselves. They have shops, clubs,
swimming pools and play areas.