MAIN IDEA

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What is the main idea of the paragraph about a dinosaur with a brain that weighed about as much as three pencils, a body weighing ten tons, and over twenty feet in length?

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What one dinosaur's brain was like

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What is the main idea about seaweed?

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What seaweed is like

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What is the main idea about bird ranges?

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How bird ranges differ

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What is the main idea of the passage about animals living in water?

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Which animals live in water

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What is the main idea of the passage about the traffic light?

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What the traffic light signals

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What is the main idea about wild horses in the country?

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What is happening to our wild horses

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What is the main idea about car colors and safety?

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Which color cars are safest

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What is the main idea of the passage about tidal waves?

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What tidal waves are like

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An octopus isn't fast enough to swim after a fish. The octopus must wait for a fish to swim by. When the fish comes within reach, the octopus whips out his long arm to grasp it. Then the octopus has a tasty meal. What is the main idea?

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How an octopus gets its food

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Which sentence best describes the main idea of the paragraph? Weather reporters have to give out a lot of information. That's why they use pictures. The pictures help them tell us about the weather without using so many words. Weather reporters need to know where the cold air is. They need to know where the warm air is. They have to know where it is raining and what types of clouds are in the area. Their reports need to be correct, but they also need to be short. The pictures help weather reporters get the information out in a fast way.

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Pictures help weather reporters get information out in a fast way