Why Are School Buses Yellow? Quiz

What is this article mostly about?

• how to safely ride a school bus

• how to drive a school bus

• how school buses have changed over time

Which describes kid hacks?

• wagons pulled by horses

• metal buses with engines

• yellow buses

Something new that is made is called -

• a kid hack

• an invention

• an engine

How did school buses change after they got engines?

• They were pulled by horses.

• They were painted yellow.

• They had hard wooden benches.

Why did schools send wagons to pick up kids?

• They wanted kids to come to school.

• They thought kids would like to ride the wagons.

• They wanted to make kids laugh.

Why did many kids not go to school in the 1800s?

• They were "too cool" for school.

• They had too much work to complete at home.

• They lived too far away to walk to school.

What were the first school buses like?

• Wooden kid hacks pulled by horses

• Metal buses with engines

• Bright-yellow buses

Read “Metal and Engines.” Then STOP.
What is NOT one way that school buses changed in the 1900s?

• Air conditioners were installed in school buses.

• School buses with metal engines were invented.

• Buses with metal engines were faster than kid hacks.

Now, school buses are yellow to make it easier for people to see them. This makes them safer for other drivers- and for the kids on the bus.

• True

• False

What invention helps kids get to school?

• School buses

• Drones

• Paraglider