Answer:
Forests provide home and food to innumerable species of plants and animals. Forests provide raw materials for many products that are used by humans. Forests prevent global warming. Forests prevent soil erosion.
He used the same topic and just switched it around because that"s how you do it. It just refers back and forth.
I think the verb phrase is this
D. The wind is given human characteristics as if it were alive.
The answer is either A or D