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Main Idea and Supporting Details

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10 questions

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Read the passages below and correctly add the response to give the best answer for the main idea.

Question 1

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What is the main idea?

A  Crum kept slicing potatoes and cooking them.

B  George Crum was a chef.

C  Potato chips are tasty treats.

D The potato chip was invented accidentally.

Question 2

2.

What is the main idea?

A   Rhinos have three toes on their feet.

B  The rhinoceros lives in Southeast Africa.

C  The rhinoceros is an unusual animal.

D  Rhinoceros are very large animals.

Question 3

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What is the main idea?

A  Dr. Suess' life was interesting.

B  We celebrate Dr. Suess every year in March.

C  Dr. Suess' real name is Theodore Geisel.

D  He made animated training films for the army.

Question 4

4.

What is the main idea?

A   A polar bear’s requirements are very different than a monitor lizard's.

B   An animal's habitat is its home.

C   Some animals live in the tundra and others live in the forest.

D  Animals are different from each other.

Question 5

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What is the main idea?

A  Rocks are named according to how they are created.

B  Rocks are found all over the world.

C  There are three types of rocks.

D  Rocks can change from one form to another.

Question 6

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Which of the following statements support the main idea?

A Sedimentary rocks are made of bits of sand.

B There are three kinds of rocks.

C  Metamorphic rocks start out as sedimentary or igneous rocks but are
changed due to tremendous heat and pressure.

D Volcanoes spew out molten rmagma.

Question 7

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What is the main idea of the selection?

A Dolphins are interesting creatures.

B Dolphins look like fish.

C Dolphins are mammals.

D Dolphin mothers feed their babies milk.

Question 8

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Which statement best supports the main idea, " A Koala bear is a member of the marsuial family"?

A The mother koala cares for the young koala until it is able to survive on its own.

B  Koala bears are called joeys.

C Kaola mothers have a pouch to carry their babies.

D Kaola babies are tiny and  helpless.

Question 9

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What is the main idea of the selection?

A   The Slinky was invented by accident by someone working on a navy ship.

B   Richard Jones realized that kids would love the toy he created.

C   Richard Jones was a naval engineer during World War II.

D   Jones was trying to make a meter that monitored power on battleships.

Question 10

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Which statement below supports the main idea of the selection?

A One of the tension springs dropped to the ground.

B The spring kept bouncing on the ground and Jones realized it could be a toy children would love.

C The Slinky was created.

D Jones started working with the tension springs.