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What effect could Wegener's continental drift (Chapter 10) have on climate? Explain.
 
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In which of the following cases does TANSTAAFL apply?
 
  a. common use of land for grazing of sheep
  b. use of air in industrial processes
  c. use of water for power plant cooling
  d. TANSTAAFL applies in all the above cases.
  e. TANSTAAFL does not apply in any of the above cases.


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Reply #1 on: Jul 28, 2018
Answer to Question 1

We have noted that geology has a profound impact on local weather and thence
on climate. Changing the positions and orientation of the continents can have a large impact.
Think of the effect of India's collision with Asia, for example, which raised the Himalayan
Mountains and made the Tibetan Plateau so high in altitude and so forbidding.

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