What are ships?

Ships are big floating vehicles that travel across water, just like cars travel on roads.

Imagine you have a toy boat in your bathtub, it floats and moves when you push it or pour water over it. A real ship is like a super-sized version of that toy boat. It can carry lots of people, animals, or things from one place to another across lakes, rivers, or even oceans.

Ships are pushed by water and sometimes by wind, just like your toy boat moves when you pour water over it or blow on it. Big ships might use engines too, kind of like how a car uses an engine to move on the road.

Some ships carry containers full of toys, clothes, and food that go from one country to another. Others carry people, like a school bus carries kids, but across the sea!

Ships are like big, strong boats that help us travel and share things all over the world.