Vehicles

A ship is a large vehicle that travels on the sea. Ships can be powered by sails, like the ship in the picture, or powered by engines. Modern freight ships can carry an enormous amount of cargo.

A sled, sledge or sleigh is a vehicle that moves along by sliding. Sleds usually have thin runners underneath instead of wheels. Sleds work best on ice or snow. Sleds are usually pulled along by an animal like a horse or husky, but you can also slide in a sled by yourself if you are going down a slope. People often call a sled pulled by horses or deer a sleigh, a sled pulled by dogs a sled and a sled you slide yourself a toboggan.

A space shuttle is a vessel that can be used to take people and objects like satellites out into orbit around the Earth. Space shuttles use a huge amount of fuel to break the forces of gravity holding them down.

lan A stagecoach is a type of carriage used to transport people from one town to another.

Long ago, stagecoaches ran on a regular schedule and made stops along the way for passengers and supplies.

lan A sulky is a small, two-wheeled horse-drawn cart. It is used for driving or racing horses.

If you want to go somewhere in a city and you don't have a car or don't want to catch a bus, you take a taxi. Taxi cabs are cars, usually painted a special colour and with a sign on them, that can be hired. The taxi driver will drive you where ever you want to go as long as you pay them.

A trailer is a vehicle with wheels but without a motor that attaches to a car or truck to help you move things to another place.

A tram, or streetcar is a kind of small train that also runs on railway tracks. Trams are typically seen in suburban streets instead of trains or buses.

A trolley is a type of wheeled cart used to move things around. Trolleys don't have their own motor, and can range from being small enough to push yourself, like a shopping trolley, up to industrial sized trolleys used to move cargo.

UFO stands for unidentified flying object. Usually when people say UFO or flying saucer they mean a visiting alien spaceship. Most UFO sightings are eventually identified to be something ordinary, like a weather balloon, an ordinary airplane or a strange cloud.