Key learning points

1. Before we write an essay, we need to research the subject, making notes that include subject-specific vocabulary.
2. The Amazon rainforest is a vast and special habitat with huge biodiversity.
3. The Amazon rainforest is being subject to deforestation driven by agriculture.
4. This deforestation contributes to climate change because trees are carbon stores.

Keywords

• Deforestation - the process of removing forested areas, usually to create farmland

• Subject-specific vocabulary - vocabulary that relates to a particular subject

• Climate change - a long-term change to global temperatures and weather

• Greenhouse effect - the natural process where greenhouse gases trap the sun’s heat in the atmosphere, warming the Earth

Common misconception