Question

Cars, trucks, and buses use petroleum—which is a fossil fuel—to power them. Mrs. Cash has a class of 20 students. Half of her students get rides to school from their parents. The other half take the bus. If it takes the same amount of energy to transport three students to school by bus as it takes to transport one student by car, how could the amount of energy Mrs. Cash's students use be reduced the most?(1 point)
Responses

They could all ask their parents to take longer routes to school.
They could all ask their parents to take longer routes to school.

They could all ride in different cars to school.
They could all ride in different cars to school.

They could all ride the bus to school.
They could all ride the bus to school.

They could all choose to ride in cars that use more petroleum.
They could all choose to ride in cars that use more petroleum.

Answer 1

The best response to reduce the amount of energy Mrs. Cash's students use would be:

**They could all ride the bus to school.**

This option is the most effective because, according to the information provided, it takes the same amount of energy to transport three students by bus as it does to transport one student by car. By having all 20 students ride the bus, it maximizes energy efficiency.