ALL ABOUT SHIPS LET’S FIND OUT TRANSPORTATION KERRY HINTON
MOVING THINGS FROM HERE TO THERE Every day people animals and goods are moved from place to place around the globe This process is called transportation Since almost 75 percent of the earth’s surface is covered by water ships do a lot of this work Ships are large boats that can carry passengers or cargo for long distances over water Before the invention of the airplane crossing oceans and large bodies of water could only be done by Ships carry goods that are bought sold and traded around the world 4
ship Although there is faster transportation now ships are as important today as they have ever been Commercial ships move almost four billion tons of cargo every year Food wood and minerals are taken from farms forests and mines to factories around the world There they are used to make millions of products ranging from anvils to zippers These new manufactured goods are then shipped around the world Large cargo vessels may take weeks or even months to reach their destinations If 75 percent of Earth’s surface is covered by water how much of its surface is covered by land Think About It 5
