Iron horse

High school (ages 12+)
Transportation

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Write what each word means, using the article.

Do not copy the article. Write two things you learned, the way you would explain them to a friend.

Answers below are taken from the article’s stored facts, so they match what the student read.

1. What is the metaphorical subject?Steam locomotive and its associated railway infrastructure
2. What is the historical context?Early to mid-19th century, during the peak of the Industrial Revolution
3. What was the "iron horse" and why was it called that?It was a powerful steam locomotive that pulled trains. It was called the iron horse because it was made of iron and worked like a strong horse.
4. How did the iron horse change travel and trade?It moved people and goods faster than horses could. This made long journeys shorter and helped factories send products to faraway places.

Industrial Revolution: A period of major industrialization and innovation that took place during the late 1700s and early 1800s.
Thermodynamics: The branch of physical science that deals with the relations between heat and other forms of energy.
Reciprocating Motion: Motion that alternates back and forth in a straight line, such as that of a piston.