When people drill a mine shaft into the earth to obtain oil or gold, they are primarily modifying the a. atmosphere b. hemisphere c. hydrosphere d. lithosphere select the best answer from the choices provided a b c d

The correct answer is D. Lithosphere.

Explanation

The lithosphere is the solid surface layer of the earth and is composed of tectonic plates that are part of the outer mantle and the asthenosphere. It is usually fifty to one hundred kilometers thick from the cortex. In this are the geological phenomena such as the earthquake or seismic earthquakes, volcanic and volcanic magmatism, and orogenesis with the formation of mountains take place.

On the other hand, mining is an economic activity based on the extraction of natural minerals formed by the metamorphic processes of the Earth in the lithosphere. In this activity, the earth is excavated to find the minerals encrusted in the rocks.

So the correct answer is D. Lithosphere.

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