Question

Water pollution, soil contamination, and the destruction of animal habitats are common negative consequences of __________ in Canada. A. mining B. fishing C. logging D. agriculture

Answer 1

mining is the right answer

Answer 2

Option A, Mining  is the correct Answer.Mining: It is a process of extraction of valuable minerals under or surface of earth normally from an orebody, reef or placer deposit.

Mineral deposits form a mineralized zone is of economic interest to the miner and miner related business houses. Ores are recovered by mining by underground or opencast mining methods.

Mining minerals comprise iron ore, aluminium ore, copper ore, coal, oil shale, gemstones, limestone, chalk,  and many more. Mining method is applied to obtain any material that cannot be grown through agricultural processes.