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[106]. Read the following passage carefully:

Passage: "Coral reefs look like rocks, but they are built by tiny animals. Each coral polyp builds a limestone cup and lives beside its neighbours, forming a reef over centuries. Fish shelter in the reef, and the reef shelters the shore from waves. When water warms too much, corals expel the algae that feed them and turn white — bleaching. A bleached reef is not dead at once, but without its algae it starves." What is the main idea of the passage?

1.
Reefs are rocks
2.
Bleaching kills instantly
3.
Reefs are animal-built structures that shelter fish and shores, and bleaching starves them
4.
Fish build reefs
Answer (Detailed Solution Below)

Option 3 : Reefs are animal-built structures that shelter fish and shores, and bleaching starves them

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सही उत्तर Reefs are animal-built structures that shelter fish and shores, and bleaching starves them है।

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Animal-built reefs, shelter, and bleaching are central.

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[106]. Read the following passage carefully:

Passage: "Coral reefs look like rocks, but they are built by tiny animals. Each coral polyp builds a limestone cup and lives beside its neighbours, forming a reef over centuries. Fish shelter in the reef, and the reef shelters the shore from waves. When water warms too much, corals expel the algae that feed them and turn white — bleaching. A bleached reef is not dead at once, but without its algae it starves." What is the main idea of the passage?

1.
Reefs are rocks
2.
Bleaching kills instantly
3.
Reefs are animal-built structures that shelter fish and shores, and bleaching starves them
4.
Fish build reefs

Correct Answer: Reefs are animal-built structures that shelter fish and shores, and bleaching starves them

Animal-built reefs, shelter, and bleaching are central.

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