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Name _____________________________ Date ___________________ (Answer ID # 0712868) Main Idea Read the paragraph and then select the main idea for the paragraph. 1. What in the world is aerodynamics? It has something to do with air. The root word dynamic means it has something to do with action or motion. That's it! Aerodynamics is the study of air in motion. For instance, it is about what air does when it hits an airplane wing. The Wright brothers knew about aerodynamics. That's how they did what they did. The main idea in this passage is: a definition of aerodynamics a story about an airplane a biography of the Wright brothers an argument against flight 2. Most animals like company, but, it seems, they also like to be unique. There are special names for groups ofmany different animals. For example, a group of fish is a school. You wouldn't call a group of ants a school, but you could call thema colony. A group of hens is not a colony, however; it is a brood. Then, there is a pod of dolphins, a string of ponies, and a gaggle of geese. The main idea in this passage is: names for animal groups species of animals schools of fish colonies of ants 3. It can be played by one person, or by three or more. A single player would hold one end of the rope in each hand. Then she would turn the rope so that it goes over her head. Each time the rope approaches her feet, she would jump over. For three or more players, two girls would each hold one end of a long rope. They would turn the rope so that it touches the ground at the bottom, and goes above the players' 6/9/2009 http://www.edhelperblog.c… edhelperblog.com/…/la.cgi 1/4 PDF created with pdfFactory trial version www.pdffactory.comheads at the top. The other girls would take turns jumping. The main idea in this passage is: three-person jump rope how to jump rope one-person jump rope the best rope jumper 6/9/2009 http://www.edhelperblog.c… edhelperblog.com/…/la.cgi 2/4 PDF created with pdfFactory trial version www.pdffactory.comAnswer Key 0712868 1. What in the world is aerodynamics? It has something to do with air. The root word dynamic means it has something to do with action or motion. That's it! Aerodynamics is the study of air in motion. For instance, it is about what air does when it hits an airplane wing. The Wright brothers knew about aerodynamics. That's how they did what they did. The main idea in this passage is: a definition of aerodynamics a story about an airplane a biography of the Wright brothers an argument against flight 2. Most animals like company, but, it seems, they also like to be unique. There are special names for groups ofmany different animals. For example, a group of fish is a school. You wouldn't call a group of ants a school, but you could call thema colony. A group of hens is not a colony, however; it is a brood. Then, there is a pod of dolphins, a string of ponies, and a gaggle of geese. The main idea in this passage is: names for animal groups species of animals schools of fish colonies of ants 3. It can be played by one person, or by three or more. A single player would hold one end of the rope in each hand. Then she would turn the rope so that it goes over her head. Each time the rope approaches her feet, she would jump over. For three or more players, two girls would each hold one end of a long rope. They would turn the rope so that it touches the ground at the bottom, and goes above the players' heads at the top. The other girls would take turns jumping. The main idea in this passage is: three-person jump rope 6/9/2009 http://www.edhelperblog.c… edhelperblog.com/…/la.cgi 3/4 PDF created with pdfFactory trial version www.pdffactory.comhow to jump rope one-person jump rope the best rope jumper 6/9/2009 http://www.edhelperblog.c… edhelperblog.com/…/la.cgi 4/4 PDF created with pdfFactory trial version www.pdffactory.com