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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
- 00:07
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
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- 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
- 00:35
right there with the purpose not for like the wild
- 00:37
flowers to their relatives in greenland and in some purpose
- 00:41
the passage only one paragraph discusses greenland so answer choices
- 00:44
to specific and the purpose is also not to discuss
- 00:46
the reproductive abilities of alpine wildflowers is a g rated
- 00:51
course people what are you thinking it's also way too
- 00:53
specific on the other hand explaining the wildflower population on
- 00:57
the glacier national park just too broad the passage talks
- 01:01
aboutthe wildflowers but specifically certain plants and throughout the entire
- 01:05
section it focuses on their adaptive quality so that's it
- 01:08
it's the way we're done
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