A student is riding on a school bus and suddenly get thrown forward.

Question

What did the bus just do?

Responses

The bus is going backward and suddenly stops.

The bus is going backward and suddenly stops.

The bus makes a hard turn to the right.

The bus makes a hard turn to the right.

The bus is going forward and suddenly stops.

The bus is going forward and suddenly stops.

The bus makes a hard turn to the left.

The bus makes a hard turn to the left.

Answer 1

When a student is thrown forward on a school bus, it typically indicates that the bus has suddenly stopped or decelerated. Therefore, the most likely scenarios from your responses are:

• The bus is going forward and suddenly stops.

or

• The bus makes a hard turn to the left. (if the student is thrown due to the force of the turn)

However, the first scenario is more commonly understood as the immediate cause for being thrown forward.

Answer 2

choose one