Question

give reason
quarrying can become a major environmental concern

Answer 1

Answer:

Extensive Quarrying results in major environmental disturbances.

Explanation:

Quarrying can be defined as the process of digging out minerals that lie beneath the earth’s land surface. Many suggested that extensive quarrying might result in environmental depletion. It is considered to be one of the major environmental concerns.

While quarrying many land surface got dug up, which ends in the destruction of plantation and animals i.e. flora and the fauna around the land. It also destructs the humus presents in the soil. It also results in soil, air, noise pollution.

Answer 2

Explanation:

Quarrying is the commercial extraction of building raw material, stones and marbles. It can become a major environmental concern due to the following reasons:

1) Fine dust particles which spread in the air around a quarrying site causes air pollution and respiratory problems.

2) It produces noise pollution because of the heavy machinery and the blasts to break huge chunks of rocks.

3) Blasting often generates vibration which may damage the nearby buildings or similar structures.

4) Destroys the natural vegetation and ruins the natural habitats for plants and animals.