Use the paragraph to answer the question.

One impressive cave system is the lava tube caves of Lava Beds National Monument. The caves provide a safe habitat for millions of bats. In order to visit the caves, visitors must first be screened for white-nose syndrome. It is a disease that is fatal to bats.

Which option best identifies the central idea of the paragraph?

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Responses

Visitors must be screened for white-nose syndrome before visiting the caves.
Visitors must be screened for white-nose syndrome before visiting the caves.

The lava tube caves are part of a cave system that provides homes for millions of bats.
The lava tube caves are part of a cave system that provides homes for millions of bats.

Lava tube caves are found in a national monument.
Lava tube caves are found in a national monument.

The caves are a safe habitat.

The caves are a safe habitat.

The central idea of the paragraph is: The caves provide a safe habitat for millions of bats.

The option "The lava tube caves are part of a cave system that provides homes for millions of bats" best identifies the central idea of the paragraph. This is because the paragraph primarily discusses the lava tube caves and how they serve as a safe habitat for bats.