Use the following paragraph to answer the question below: Forests cover about 31 % of the land on Earth, but, sadly that number is decreasing at a rapid rate. Deforestation, human-driven and natural loss of trees, is one of the main causes of this depletion. A natural loss of trees might come from a fire, for example, but deforestation done by humans is more common and involves removing trees to make room for something else. This can include clearing the land for farming or using the wood from trees for fuel, construction, or manufacturing. Despite these potential economic benefits, deforestation should be stopped because forests are too important for people, animals, and the environment.

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What did the author include in their passage that helped develop the key concept of the paragraph.
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The author developed the key concept by sharing his own opinions of deforestation and how he though it was bad.
The author surveys a group of people, asking about deforestation and in the author's thesis statement, he shares the data he found.
The author does not make a clear statement about the key concepts of his passage.
The author develops the concept by not only defining deforestation and explaining how trees can be removed, but in the thesis statement, the author introduces the key concept that deforestation should be stopped and that forests should be preserved because of their benefits.