Set your scope,then identify the main idea
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Original passage: A seed archive once listed each collection under a familiar plant name. Staff found that a familiar name could refer to different plants in different regions. The new catalog links that name to a checked specimen and a collection record. Entries with uncertain identities are marked for further review. Visitor displays keep familiar names alongside verified identifiers, so visitors can still recognize the labels they know. The archive has not changed its storage capacity. Which statement best expresses the main idea?
- The linked specimens and records improve identity tracking, while the visitor labels retain familiar names. That statement explains both major strands. Storage expansion, reduced checking and a declaration of failure conflict with or exceed the passage.
Compare the other answer choices
The catalog adds checked specimens and verified identifiers; it does not replace checking with familiar names.
The passage explicitly says storage capacity did not change; this substitutes a different project for the catalog work.
Uncertain identities are marked for review, not declared failed collections. This turns uncertainty into a stronger unsupported conclusion.
Try it, then explain it.
Complete a short set without looking at the example. After each answer, explain which evidence or rule supports your decision and why the alternatives do not fit.
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