Explain how surface mining affects plant life.

Digging up soil.
Loss of hydration.
Affects ecosystem which effects plant. 

The environmental damage caused by surface mining is related to large amounts of surface material that humans remove during mining operations. The environmental effects of surface mining include:
Habitat destruction
Soil Erosion
Air pollution from dust particles
Pollution (especially from sediments)
All surface mining techniques negatively affect the environment, though some methods are more dangerous than others. 
 

Cells have such a small size for their own benefit, they are small in size to allow nutrients and other materials to diffuse through the cell membrane, they keep a small ratio of surface area to volume