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Use coal in a sentence
After collecting the coal, they began loading it onto the train to transport to the nearest city.
What is infrastructure?
the physical assets and systems that enable our daily lives, including transportation, energy, buildings, and sanitation
Give an example of how infrastructure can be affected.
Extreme weather events like floods, hurricanes, and wildfires can damage or destroy infrastructure.
What is innovation?
a new method, approach, or idea
Name an innovation mentioned in the sentence.
The Wright brothers' aircraft
What is a locomotive?
steam-powered railway engines that are used to pull trains
How did the locomotive impact transportation?
The locomotive made it possible to move people and goods more rapidly and inexpensively across large areas of land.
What is profit?
a financial gain
Provide the sentence that uses profit.
Colonialism made a lot of profit for many European capitalists.
What is a steam engine?
an engine in which pressurized steam supplies mechanical energy, usually by moving a piston in a closed cylinder
Why is the steam engine historically important?
Many historians consider the steam engine a critical invention in the early ages of the Industrial Revolution.
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