Transportation Class 2 Notes EVS

What is Transportation?

Transportation means moving people or things from one place to another.

Different Modes of Transport

• It helps us go to school, visit family, or send gifts to different places.
• We use different types of transport on land, water, and air!

What are the different Means of Transport?

Means of transport or modes of transport are the various ways by which people and goods can travel.

There are three main types:

• Land Transport – like cars, buses, trains, bicycles, and bullock carts.
• Water Transport – like boats, ships, and ferries that move on rivers, lakes, and oceans.
• Air Transport – like aeroplanes and helicopters that fly in the sky.

No matter where we go—by road, water, or air—transport helps us reach our destination!

Let’s learn more about each type of transport!

Land Transport

The transport that runs only on land is called land transport. This mode of transport is divided into two types: roadways and railways.

1. Road Transport

• Roads are like wide paths made of solid ground.
• Cars, buses, and bicycles use these roads to travel.
• Just like how we walk on sidewalks, cars and buses drive on roads to take us to school, the park, or to visit our friends.

Road Transport

• Trucks, buses, cars, bicycles, rickshaws, motorcycles, tongas, bullock-carts, etc., are means of roadways.
• There is a large network of roads in our country.

Different modes of land transport

2. Rail Transport

Rail Transport

• When we have to travel long distances within the country, we use railways.
• Trains run on railway tracks.
• Indian Railways is one of the largest rail networks in the world.

Different modes of rail transport

Water Transport

Water transport is a way of moving people or goods by water.

Water Transport

• It includes different types of vessels like boats, ships, and ferries. These vessels travel across oceans, rivers, lakes, and canals. 
• Water transport is important for trade, travel, and recreation. 
• It allows us to transport large quantities of goods over long distances efficiently and is often used for activities like fishing, tourism, and transportation of goods between countries.

Different modes of water transport

Air Transport

Some means of transport move in the air only. Air travel is the most expensive but the fastest way to travel.

Air Transport

• Aeroplanes and helicopters are some common means of air transport.
• We can travel by an aeroplane when we have to travel to another country or to another city.
• Airplanes, jet aircraft, helicopters, hot air balloons, blimps, gliders, hang gliders, parachutes, etc., are the means of air transport

Different modes of air transport

Summary: Transportation

• Transportation moves people and goods from one place to another.
• There are three main types of transportation: land, water, and air.
• Land transport includes road vehicles like cars and buses and rail transport like trains.
• Water transport includes boats, ships, and ferries.
• Air transport includes airplanes and helicopters.
• Transportation helps people travel and move things easily.