Main Idea & Key Details

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Which sentence is a supporting detail that recycling is important?

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Recycling paper saves trees from being cut down.

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Which supporting detail best supports this topic sentence?
It takes a lot of hard work to become a professional athlete.
Options: The pros live the good life., People like professional football players make a lot of money., Professional athletes spend countless hours practicing their sports., All of us can be professional athletes.

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Professional athletes spend countless hours practicing their sports.

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Which sentence is a key/supporting detail that you should get enough sleep each night? Options: Dark rooms are best for sleeping, Seven to nine hours of sleep each night keeps you refreshed the next day, Many people sleep longer during the weekends, Caffeine keeps some people awake at night

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Seven to nine hours of sleep each night keeps you refreshed the next day

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Which supporting detail best supports this topic sentence?
Subway is a healthier option than McDonald's.

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Subway uses fresh ingredients whereas McDonald's has processed fried food.

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What is the main idea of the following paragraph? Floods can cause tremendous damage. They can ruin houses, roads and buildings. Floods can take down trees and cause mudslides. It often leaves mud, sand and debris behind. It can take months to clean up after a flood.

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Floods can cause tremendous damage

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What is the main idea of the passage about activities at the beach?

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There are many fun things to do at the beach.

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What is the main idea of the following paragraph? When we think of seaweed, we usually picture brown or green plants a foot or so in length. Seaweeds are also of other colors. Some are red. Some kinds grow to lengths of a hundred feet! These form giant seaweed forests, where many kinds of fish take shelter.

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What seaweed is like

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What is the main idea of the passage about soccer players?

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Soccer players learn many skills when playing soccer.

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What is the main idea of the following paragraph? Sharks can lose up to 30,000 teeth in their lifetime. Sharks have teeth arranged in rows inside their mouths. These teeth do not have roots like human teeth do, so they fall out easily. When a shark takes a powerful bite into its food, several teeth are lost. When these teeth are lost, new ones push forward from the back rows to replace them. Luckily, sharks continually grow new teeth to replace the thousands they lose.

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Sharks lose many teeth over the course of their lifetime

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What is the main idea of the passage about sunflowers? Options: To discuss large flowers., To describe the importance of the sunflower., To tell how the sunflower got its name.

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To tell how the sunflower got its name.