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The main purpose of this passage is to:


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00:03

Okay Ccs fire readers Yeah another one of these things

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We've read this thing like eighteen times We don't need

00:09

to re skin the main purpose of the passages To

00:13

what Well the past discusses the different adaptive traits of

00:19

alpine wildflowers in glacier park It talks about how these

00:22

pretty flowers are more than just good looks there too

00:25

tough to and have many strategies for surviving in the

00:28

harsh alpine zones What's the answer's got to be de

00:31

described wildflower adaptations in the harsh climate yeah that's it

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right there with the purpose not for like the wild

00:37

flowers to their relatives in greenland and in some purpose

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the passage only one paragraph discusses greenland so answer choices

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to specific and the purpose is also not to discuss

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the reproductive abilities of alpine wildflowers is a g rated

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course people what are you thinking it's also way too

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specific on the other hand explaining the wildflower population on

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the glacier national park just too broad the passage talks

01:01

aboutthe wildflowers but specifically certain plants and throughout the entire

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section it focuses on their adaptive quality so that's it

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it's the way we're done

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