Fracking uses highly pressurized fluids, such as water mixed with sand and chemicals, to drive open cracks that exist in underground rock. Which
statement best describes an environmental consequence of this process?
• Chemicals added to the liquid can contaminate groundwater.
O Wastewater is contaminated with oil and becomes sludge in landfills.
Water vapor is released into the air, which is considered a greenhouse gas.
Heavy metals are released into surrounding soil, poisoning local vegetation

The correct answer is that chemicals added to the liquid can contaminate groundwater.

Fracking is a method of drilling fossil energy resources, which requires a lot of water and consumes local water resources. It is pumped with high pressure water, sand and chemicals, causing high pressure to block the porous rock and release gas.  

The water spill itself destroys nature from the drilling site, and may even cause earthquakes, especially due to the pumping of abundant wastewater into porous rock types such as limestone. For example, Oklahoma appears to have become a special earthquake risk area. The biggest impact of water distortion is on groundwater. In Wyoming, USA, the same chemicals found in groundwater have been found in groundwater, and some of them are toxic or carcinogenic.  

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Answer:

Wait so the answer is A?

Explanation:

11.Oxides of sulfur and nitrogen that combine
with water vapor cause
a. hydrolysis.
b. acid rain.
c. mechanical weathering.
d. carbonation

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