I need help on a science project.?

Question

question: assess the impact mining has on the:
A)abiotic features of the environment
B)biotic features of the environment

discuss how one of the following affects a named cycle in nature
(i.e. water, carbon or nitrogen)-
(i)mining
(ii)extraction of the mineral from the ore
(iii) burning fossil fuels

Answer 1

If you use the biotic, and burning of fossil fuels, you could possibly show the products from burning makes more carbon dioxide, causing increasing "greenhouse gas" and warming the earth. Also the production of acid rain. And depending on what is burnt, there may be toxic compounds formed, maybe nitrates. There is waste products from mining, as well as possible environmental problems of destroying of habitat. And it takes energy to mine, transport, process and distribute the mined material to then be made into products for consumers, all taking energy to do.

I hope this gives you some ideas.