Which of the following is the role of supporting details in a text?(1 point)
Responses
to help the reader understand the central idea
to help the reader understand the central idea
to give the author's opinion about a topic
to give the author's opinion about a topic
to give information about topics related to the main topic
to give information about topics related to the main topic
to show the reader how to find more details about the topic in other texts
to give information about topics related to the main topic
Central Ideas Quick Check
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Question
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?
(1 point)
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 caves are a safe habitat.
The caves are a safe habitat.
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.
The lava tube caves are part of a cave system that provides homes for millions of bats.
When you tell the most important part of a text, what are you identifying?(1 point)
Responses
the central idea
the central idea
the first sentence
the first sentence
the supporting details
the supporting details
facts and events
the central idea
Which statement best identifies the central idea of the paragraph?
(1 point)
Responses
Fungi bring nutrients to tree root systems when they twine with them underground.
Fungi bring nutrients to tree root systems when they twine with them underground.
The type of fungus called macrofungi includes mushrooms.
The type of fungus called macrofungi includes mushrooms.
Fungi exist as a web of threads connected underground.
Fungi exist as a web of threads connected underground.
Earth's many species of fungi act as decomposers of matter.