RI 4.2 Main Idea and Supporting Details

Front

What is the main idea of paragraph 1?

Back

The amazing octopus stands out above other animals in the ocean.

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What is the main idea of paragraph 2?

Back

The octopus has a body unlike any other animal.

Front

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

Back

An octopus has no bones.

Front

What causes an octopus to be able to taste?

Back

It has suckers covering its arms.

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What is the main idea of paragraph 3?

Back

The inside of an octopus's body is amazing.

Front

Which supporting detail explains what a siphon is? Options: When the octopus breathes out, water comes out of a tube., Water comes in an octopus's body through its gills.

Back

When the octopus breathes out, water comes out of a tube.

Front

What is the main idea of paragraph 4?

Back

The octopus has several ways to protect itself from predators

Front

What is jet propulsion in paragraph 4?

Back

shooting water out of the siphon to move backwards

Front

How is an octopus similar to a chameleon?

Back

They use color changing to camouflage from predators

Front

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

Back

It breaks off the arm and grows a new one later.