Finding the Main Idea (QUIA)

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The peanut has many functions, including being roasted, made into peanut butter, and used for oil, plastics, and fertilizers.

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About the many uses of the Peanut

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Sharks have a keen sense of hearing, can smell blood from 2,000 yards, and feel vibrations in water. They can see prey from 50 feet away. What is this passage mostly about?

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How sharks sense food

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Doctors believe red-tinted glasses can alleviate sadness, especially in winter when days are short. Bright lights help some, but the reddish light from rose-colored glasses seems to boost happiness.

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How colored glasses may help people feel better

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Uses of cattle in India: milk, dairy, plowing, and carrying loads.

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How cows are used in India

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Diamonds are hard elements used in industry for cutting metals and coating tools. Extreme heat can turn them into graphite, which is used in pencils.

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How diamonds are used in industry

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Hognose snake's bluffing behavior when threatened: hisses, pretends to bite, plays dead.

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How the Hognose snake bluffs

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Passage about changing answers on tests.

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What scientists think about answers.

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Testing glass with a chicken cannon to ensure it withstands bird strikes.

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How a chicken cannon tests glass

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Marines faced a problem in WWII with coded orders being intercepted. Navajo soldiers were used to create a secret code, as few could speak the language, keeping messages hidden from the enemy.

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How the Marines used Navajo as a code

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Best-known rodeo cowboy: Larry Mahan, 6-time national champion, started a rodeo school after retiring.

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About the most famous rodeo cowboy in the world