Tropical rainforest in Borneo, cleared to make way for palm oil plantations. What impacts would this clearance have?
In exam questions, ‘Discuss’ means ‘give an overview of a situation or a topic where there are different approaches or viewpoints.’ It means looking at the strengths and weaknesses of different sides of a question, issue or argument. Therefore, several points of view are needed to answer effectively. This command word is used in longer questions of 6 marks or more, and answers need depth and reasoning to do the job properly.
There are different situations in which ‘discuss’ might be used as a command word.
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