Finding the Central Idea

What is the central idea of the passage?

• Because other attempts to protect African rhinos from poachers have failed, the Australian Rhino Project is relocating the rhinos to Australia.

• Officials have tried to protect African rhinos from poachers by guarding their habitats and removing their horns, but their efforts have been largely unsuccessful.

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CCSS.RI.5.2

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

Which detail DOES NOT support the central idea of this article?

• "...the Australian Rhino Project, came up with a plan to relocate eighty rhinos to a safari park outside Adelaide, Australia, where breeding can be established."

• "...horns, valued for use in traditional medicines in Vietnam and China..."

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CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

What is the central idea for this passage?

• Pluto is a good name for a cold, distant planet because it is the name of the Roman god of the underworld.

• After an eleven-year-old girl suggested "Pluto," astronomers chose it as the name of a newly discovered planet.

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CCSS.RI.5.2

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

Which detail DOES NOT support the central idea of this article?

• "An eleven-year-old girl named Venetia Burney suggested the name "Pluto"

• "The matter was eventually put to a vote, with Pluto the hands down winner."

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CCSS.RI.5.2

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RL.6.2

What is the central idea for this passage?

• Residents of six U.S. states have experienced an increase in earthquake activity in recent years.

• An increase in oil and gas drilling has caused a corresponding increase in earthquakes in six states.

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CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

Which detail DOES NOT support the central idea of the passage?

• "An increase in oil and gas drilling in these states has led to 'human-induced' earthquakes..."

• "...people in Arkansas, Colorado, Kansas, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Texas have been feeling the ground shake more..."

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CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.7.2