Identifying Key Ideas and Details
This worksheet helps sixth-grade students practice identifying key ideas and supporting details in informational texts.
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Identifying Key Ideas and Details
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Read the passage below carefully. Then, answer the questions that follow by identifying the key idea and supporting details.
The Amazon Rainforest is the largest tropical rainforest in the world. It covers over 5.5 million square kilometers across nine South American countries, with the majority of it in Brazil. This vast ecosystem is home to an incredible diversity of life, including millions of species of insects, thousands of species of plants and birds, and hundreds of species of mammals. Scientists estimate that about 10% of the world's known species live in the Amazon. The rainforest also plays a crucial role in regulating the Earth's climate by absorbing large amounts of carbon dioxide and producing oxygen.
1. What is the key idea of the passage?
2. The Amazon Rainforest covers over square kilometers.
3. The majority of the Amazon Rainforest is located in .
4. Scientists estimate that about of the world's known species live in the Amazon.
5. Which of the following is NOT a supporting detail for the importance of the Amazon Rainforest?
It is home to millions of species.
It regulates Earth's climate.
It is located in South America.
It produces oxygen.
6. The Amazon Rainforest is the largest desert in the world.
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7. Explain in your own words why the Amazon Rainforest is considered important globally, based on the details provided in the passage.
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