RI 4.2 Main Idea and Supporting Details

What is the main idea of paragraph 1?

• There are over 300 different types of octopus.
• The amazing octopus stands out above other animals in the ocean.

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What is the main idea of paragraph 2?

• The mantle is the octopus's body.
• The octopus has a body unlike any other animal.

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What causes an octopus to be able to squeeze into small spaces?

• The mantle is soft and shaped like a bag.
• An octopus has no bones.

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What causes an octopus to be able to taste?

• It has suckers covering its arms.
• The arms are attached to its head.

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What is the main idea of paragraph 3?

• The inside of an octopus's body is amazing.
• An octopus has 3 hearts and a stomach.

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Which supporting detail explains what a siphon is?

• When the octopus breathes out, water comes out of a tube.
• Water comes in an octopus's body through its gills.

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What is the main idea of paragraph 4?

• The octopus has several ways to protect itself from predators
• The amazing octopus can quickly escape a predator.

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What is jet propulsion in paragraph 4?

• shooting water out of the siphon to move backwards
• squirting ink at a predator causing blindness

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How is an octopus similar to a chameleon?

• They both have slimy skin with scales.
• They use color changing to camouflage from predators

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How does the octopus solve the problem of a predator attaching to one of its arms?

• It hits the predator with one of its other arms.
• It breaks off the arm and grows a new one later.

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