Main Idea Review

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Identify the main idea in each of the passages in this Quizizz activity.

Yellow jackets, a kind of wasp, are a normal part of summer. Their numbers increase all summer, making them a nuisance by late summer. Colonies can reach several thousand individuals. Picnic areas are especially attractive to them, and Yellow jackets will visit these areas regularly.

• Their numbers increase all summer, making them a nuisance by late summer

• Yellow jackets, a kind of wasp, are a normal part of summer.

• Colonies can reach several thousand individuals.

• Picnic areas are especially attractive to them, and Yellow jackets will visit these areas regularly.

Insect antennae, also called "feelers", do much more than just feel. They help the insect feel objects, monitor motion, and detect smells. They let the insect hear, sense moisture, and feel heat. They can also interpret a variety of chemical cues.

• They help the insect feel objects, monitor motion, and detect smells.

• They can also interpret a variety of chemical cues.

• Insect antennae, also called feelers, do much more than just feel.

• They let the insect hear, sense moisture, and feel heat.

Alex scored eight points for his baseball team. He struck out five players. He hit two home runs and drove in six more runs. He also did some great fielding, catching three fly balls and single-handedly closed out one inning. Alex was declared Most Valuable Player of the game.

• He hit two home runs and drove in six more runs.

• Alex was declared Most Valuable Player of the game.

• Alex scored eight points for his baseball team.

• He struck out five players

Dogs are often called man's best friend, but they also help humans in many ways. Some dogs hunt or retrieve while others guard their owners and property. There are also those who guide the blind or assist the hearing impaired. And still, there are those who can detect oncoming seizures and other medically related issues in their owners.

• Others guard animals and property.

• Some dogs guide the blind and warn the sick.

• Some dogs hunt or retrieve.

• Dogs, man's best friend, also help humans in many ways.

Before the Europeans came, women in North America had more power and freedom than women in Europe or Asia. Women owned their own houses. They could get divorced if they wanted to. They didn't lose their children if they did get divorced.

• Women owned their own houses.

• They didn't lose their children if they did get divorced.

• They could get divorced if they wanted to.

• Before the Europeans came, women in North America had more power and freedom than women in Europe or Asia.

People in early North America ate only wild foods that they could hunt or gather. Inuit people ate lots of fish and seal meat and gathered seaweed. Pueblo people ate cactus fruit and pine nuts and hunted rabbits and birds. Cree people ate fish with wild rice that they gathered in the wetlands around the Great Lakes.

• Cree people ate fish with wild rice that they gathered in the wetlands around the Great Lakes.

• People in early North America ate only wild foods that they could hunt or gather.

• Inuit people ate a lot of fish and seal meat, and gathered seaweed.

• Pueblo people ate cactus fruit and pine nuts, and hunted rabbits and birds.

Thomas Alva Edison is remembered because of the huge number things he invented which are still used today. He invented the light bulb. The storage battery was invented by him. Motion pictures (movies) were another of his inventions.

• The storage battery was invented by him.

• Thomas Alva Edison is remembered because of the huge number things he invented which are still used today.

• Motion pictures (movies) were another of his inventions.

• He invented the light bulb.

Martin Luther King Jr. was one of America's most important civil rights leaders. He inspired many with his famous, "I Have a Dream" speech. He believed in using non-violent methods to achieve his dream of racial integration. He was assassinated at age 39.

• He was assassinated at age 39.

• He believed in using non-violent methods to achieve his dream of racial integration.

• He inspired many with his famous, "I have a dream" speech.

• Martin Luther King Jr. was one of America's most important civil rights leaders.

Native people in early North America liked to play games. Their favorite games were played with a stick and a ball, like lacrosse. In lacrosse the rule is that you can't touch the ball with your hands. You catch the ball in a net on the end of a stick and use the stick to throw the ball.

• Their favorite games were played with a stick and a ball, like lacrosse.

• Native people in early North America liked to play games.

• You catch the ball in a net on the end of a stick and use the stick to throw the ball.

• In lacrosse the rule is that you can't touch the ball with your hands.

Not all plants grow in the same way. Some plants grow and reproduce in one year and are called annuals. Some plants grow and reproduce in two years and are called biennials. Other plants grow and reproduce for many years and are called perennials.

• Other plants grow and reproduce for many years and are called perennials

• Some plants grow and reproduce in two years and are called biennials.

• Plants grow in different ways.

• Some plants grow and reproduce in one year and are called annuals