<em>Although the landscape shows a certain ability to persist, underground mining activity has caused some effects such as ground fissures (cracking), disturbance of the vegetation community and damage to strata.</em>
Surface mining destroys all plant life in the area the mine occupies. Plants living in the area where the surface mine is to be located are removed. After the surface mine is no longer productive, plants may eventually return to the area, but typically some human efforts at reclamation are required to restore the environment to some level of productivity.
The pH scale measures the concentration of how acidic or basic something is. The lower the number below 7, is acidic. Above 7 is basic. 7 is waters purest form.
An amino acid is an organic molecule that is made up of a basic amino group (−NH2), an acidic carboxyl group (−COOH), and an organic R group (or side chain) that is unique to each amino acid.
