Read the following passage.
Piping plovers are losing their habitats. This is because humans are taking many of the beaches where they live to construct buildings. Humans have also changed the level of water in the piping plovers’ homes. Sometimes, there is too much water or too little water. As a result of the loss of their habitats, piping plovers have become an endangered species.
In the passage above, the underlined sentence provides
A
a cause that led to piping plovers losing their habitats.
B
an effect of humans changing the level of water in piping plovers’ homes.
C
a cause that led to there being too many piping plovers.
D
an effect of piping plovers leaving their homes.