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"That means they can stretch a long way before breaking — almost as far as spider silk can"
 

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The author helps readers understand “tensile strength” by telling us what it means. 

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The author helps readers understand “tensile strength” by telling us what it means. 

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“Hagfish slime contains tiny fibers that give it strength and help keep it from tearing apart”

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The author tries to help readers understand the term “tensile strength” by giving comparisons of how far it can stretch without breaking by comparing it to the strength of a spiders silk

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The author tries to help readers understand the term “tensile strength” by giving comparisons of how far it can stretch without breaking by comparing it to the strength of a spiders silk

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“almost as far as a spider silk can”

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The author describes the differences between the slime and the pencil, but the pencil is skinnier than the slime.

The Canadian scientists used the slime proteins to create threads about as long as an unsharpened No. 2 pencil, but much skinnier.

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The author helps us understand by comparing it to a spiders web

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How does the author helps the reader understand the term "tensible strength

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How does the author helps the reader understand the term "tensible strength

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The author says that the that it can stretch very long before breaking the bond like spider silk.

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The author helps the reader understand the term “tensile strength” by almost defining it.

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The author helps the reader understand the term “tensile strength” by almost defining it.

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“That means they can stretch a long way before breaking”

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the author helps readers understand tensile strength by comparing to stuff we see everyday

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the author helps readers understand tensile strength by comparing to stuff we see everyday

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 How does the author try to help readers understand the term “tensile strength”?

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 How does the author try to help readers understand the term “tensile strength”?

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The author attempts to prove what tensile strength means by using examples such as "almost as far as spider silk can, explains Fudge." Using these examples will help explain.

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The author compares "tensile strength" to a spider's web, which helps the readers understand the term more clearly.

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The author compares "tensile strength" to a spider's web, which helps the readers understand the term more clearly.

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"That means they can stretch a long way before breaking — almost as far as spider silk can..."

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The author tries to help readers understand the term “tensile strength” by comparing it to fingernails and hair.

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The author tries to help readers understand the term “tensile strength” by comparing it to fingernails and hair.

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He explains that by stating, “These fibers are made up of protein similar to those found in fingernails and hair.”

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He helps by giving an example that we can understand by comparing it to a spider's silk.

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He helps by giving an example that we can understand by comparing it to a spider's silk.

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“That means they can stretch a long way before breaking — almost as far as spider silk can”

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The author helps readers understand the term “tensile strength” by giving an example of what would happen because of the threads remarkable tensile strength, such as it being able to stretch far before it would break.

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The author helps readers understand the term “tensile strength” by giving an example of what would happen because of the threads remarkable tensile strength, such as it being able to stretch far before it would break.

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“That means they can stretch a long way before breaking- almost as far as spider silk can…”

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The author helps the reader understand what tensile strength means by describing it in words we can understand

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The author helps the reader understand what tensile strength means by describing it in words we can understand

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"That means they can stretch a long way before breaking — almost as far as spider silk can."

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The author helps readers understand tensile strength by comparing it to a spiders web

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The author helps readers understand tensile strength by comparing it to a spiders web

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"That means they can stretch a long way before breaking — almost as far as spider silk can, explains Fudge."

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The author explains tensile strength by comparing it to the silk of a spiders web and how it can stretch awhile before breaking

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The author explains tensile strength by comparing it to the silk of a spiders web and how it can stretch awhile before breaking

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"That means they can stretch a long way before breaking — almost as far as spider silk can"

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The author describes tensile strength as everyday objects that we know and use everyday. 

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The author describes tensile strength as everyday objects that we know and use everyday. 

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"Hagfish threads have remarkable tensile strength: That means they can stretch a long way before breaking — almost as far as spider silk can, explains Fudge. What’s more, he notes, fabrics from hagfish threads would be more environmentally friendly than many modern materials, like nylon (which comes from petroleum)."

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The author tries to help readers understand tensile strength by comparing it to objects we have experience with, and see everyday. 

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The author tries to help readers understand tensile strength by comparing it to objects we have experience with, and see everyday. 

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"That means they can stretch a long way before breaking — almost as far as spider silk can."

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