Train

High school (ages 12+)
Transportation

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Step 1 · Read the article

Open the article and read it at the level above. Then answer the questions below in your own words.

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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 first full-scale railway steam locomotive?Constructed by Richard Trevithick in 1804
2. What is the high-speed rail speeds?Commercial services commonly exceed 300 km/h (186 mph)
3. What makes a train different from a car or a bus?Trains run on special tracks and can carry many more people or a lot of goods at once. They are long vehicles that travel along rails.
4. How did trains help the Industrial Revolution?Trains moved raw materials like coal and iron ore quickly to factories, and carried finished goods to markets. This made factories grow faster and helped countries expand.

Industrial Revolution: A period of major industrialization and innovation that began in Great Britain in the late 18th century.
Catenary System: An overhead system of wires that supplies electricity to electric trains.
Track Gauge: The distance between the inner edges of two parallel rails on a railway track.
Magnetic Levitation (Maglev): A system of train propulsion that uses magnets to levitate and guide the train.