Use the paragraph to answer the question: It happens way too often: oil leaking from wells beneath the ocean or tankers spilling their cargo into the waves. One disaster in the Gulf of Mexico, called the Tyler spill, has been leaking hundreds of barrels of oil per day into the ocean for the past 14 years. While safety has not been made a priority, something can be done to clean up oil spills that does not involve pouring chemical cleanup agents into the a4,.lready polluted waters. The question is, when will the oil industry embrace this effective, safe method? Which sentence best summarizes the text?

Question

Use the paragraph to answer the question: It happens way too often: oil leaking from wells beneath the ocean or tankers spilling their cargo into the waves. One disaster in the Gulf of Mexico, called the Tyler spill, has been leaking hundreds of barrels of oil per day into the ocean for the past 14 years. While safety has not been made a priority, something can be done to clean up oil spills that does not involve pouring chemical cleanup agents into the a4,.lready polluted waters. The question is, when will the oil industry embrace this effective, safe method? Which sentence best summarizes the text?

*
1 point
The oil industry needs to work more effectively.
The oil industry should focus on the fastest way to clean up oil spills
There is no reason that oil spills occur as often as they do.
There is a smart solution to the ongoing problem of oil spills the industry should use

Answer 1

There is a smart solution to the ongoing problem of oil spills the industry should use.