Starter quiz
- Which of these ships was iron-hulled?
- SS Sirius
- SS Great Western
- SS Great Britain ✓
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- What letters go before the name of a ship to tell us it is powered by steam?
- 'SS' ✓
- Match the types of passengers to the correct description.
- first-class passengers⇔people who paid more for a luxurious cabin and 4 meals a day ✓
- steerage passengers⇔people who could not afford a cabin or meals on board ✓
- What sort of journeys was the SS Great Britain designed for?
- long ocean voyages ✓
- short river trips
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- Passengers only had fresh food in the first half of a journey on board the SS Great Britain to New York. Why?
- It spoiled quickly. ✓
- People ate too much.
- They didn't take enough food.
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- Choose the word that completes the sentence. The SS Great Britain was the ______ steamship in the world when it was built.
- smallest
- biggest ✓
- slowest
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Exit quiz
- JMW Turner was a...
- sailor
- painter ✓
- writer
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- Match the words to the meanings.
- canoe⇔a simple early boat ✓
- longboat⇔a boat used by the Vikings ✓
- junk⇔a boat used by Chinese seafarers ✓
- steamship⇔a boat invented 150 years ago ✓
- HMS Temeraire was the name of a...
- ship ✓
- car
- dog
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- JMW Turner’s painting ‘The Fighting Temeraire’ was on a...
- coin
- ship
- banknote ✓
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- 150 years ago, steam power became more important than sail power.
- True ✓
- False
- 150 years ago, steamship hulls began to be made with...
- 'iron' ✓
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Key learning points
- 150 years ago, steam power was replacing sail power for ships.
- Wooden-hulled ships, which had been used for thousands of years, were being replaced by iron-hulled ones.
- JMW Turner's painting, The Fighting Temeraire, is symbolic of this process, showing the final journey of the Temeraire.
- The Temeraire, an old ship used in important battles, is being towed by a steam boat on its way to be broken up.
- It is unlikely that Turner witnessed this event, but he has imagined it to make the point that seafaring was changing.
Common misconception
Some may think that the ship was called 'The Fighting Temeraire'.
'The Fighting Temeraire' was the name of Turner's painting, the ship was called HMS Temeraire.
Keywords
Steam power - something uses steam power when it uses a steam engine to heat water to create steam and movement
Witness - if someone is present at an event, they witness it
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