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Question
“Amazon forest is considered to be the lungs of the planet”- Justify this statement.
Solution
Amazon rain forest is known as the “lungs of the planet” since a great proportion of CO2 released due to anthropogenic activities are uptaken by their dense tropical forests, which is homologous to the functioning of human beings except for the difference in gases.
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