1. Write a short, three-paragraph report on the Amazon rain forest as follows: • Paragraph 1: Write a description of the Amazon rain forest—definition of rain forest; characteristics; location and size of the Amazon rain forest. • Paragraph 2: Write a description of the resources found in the Amazon rain forest—why is the rain forest so important? • Paragraph 3: Write a description of the problems and threats the Amazon rain forest currently faces. Each paragraph should begin with a topic sentence, include several supporting details, and end with a concluding sentence. You will be graded on both content and presentation (punctuation, spelling, sentence structure, and grammar).

the underground railroad (apocope of the metropolitan railroad) is a system of urban trains located within a city and its metropolitan area. it is characterized for being a massive transport of passengers in the big cities, uniting diverse zones and their environs, with high capacity and frequency and in segregated form to other systems of transport. metropolitan railroads are built underground or on the surface, although most systems use mixed models where sections are combined in both modalities.

1 - as a result, the metro tends to reduce car travel for two reasons: first, due to the greater transfer of users from the car and, second, due to the reduction in the acquisition of cars in homes located in sectors near the stations of the metro.

2 -the metro allows to contribute effectively to the achievement of all the objectives of an urban development policy: it improves the efficiency of the city's economy by reducing travel costs and also generates a higher level of activities in the city center, taking advantage of of the agglomeration economies.

3 -it is a clean means of transport, since it uses renewable energy (usually electricity), taking care of the environment and avoiding excessive pollution.