Mountains because the tectonic plates are colliding and pushed up against each other.
The lithosphere, which is the rigid outermost shell of a planet (the crust and upper mantle), is broken up into tectonic plates. The Earth's lithosphere is composed of seven or eight major plates (depending on how they are defined) and many minor plates. Where the plates meet, their relative motion determines the type of boundary: convergent, divergent, or transform. Earthquakes, volcanic activity, mountain-building, and oceanic trench formation occur along these plate boundaries. The relative movement of the plates typically ranges from zero to 100 mm annually.[2]
Tectonic plates are composed of oceanic lithosphere and thicker continental lithosphere, each topped by its own kind of crust. Along convergent boundaries, subduction carries plates into the mantle; the material lost is roughly balanced by the formation of new (oceanic) crust along divergent margins by seafloor spreading. In this way, the total surface of the lithosphere remains the same. This prediction of plate tectonics is also referred to as the conveyor belt principle. Earlier theories, since disproven, proposed gradual shrinking (contraction) or gradual expansion of the globe.[3]
Tectonic plates are able to move because the Earth's lithosphere has greater strength than the underlying asthenosphere. Lateral density variations in the mantle result in convection. Plate movement is thought to be driven by a combination of the motion of the seafloor away from the spreading ridge (due to variations in topography and density of the crust, which result in differences in gravitational forces) and drag, with downward suction, at the subduction zones. Another explanation lies in the different forces generated by tidal forces of the Sun and Moon. The relative importance of each of these factors and their relationship to each other is unclear, and still the subject of much debate.
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D - People in Thailand wearing warm, heavy coats
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The text does not mention Thailand at all.
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We are looking for something that takes a long time to heat up due to a certain property, therefore affecting the weather.
FIRST BLANK CHOICE
The temperature of the land is a result, of the weather, not a cause, so this is not the correct option.
The temperature of the water does not really affect the weather. If the water in your city is cold instead of hot that will not cause the weather to be much different.
However, air is what mainly causes the weather. Air pressure fluctuations can cause certain storms and air is the driving factor of weather. Therefore, the first answer is air.
SECOND BLANK CHOICE
One of the options is specific heat. The actual fill in the blank is that is is harder for the air to heat up because of _______. Putting heat in there makes no sense. It's harder for the air to heat up because of specific heat? This is not the right choice.
The volume of the air is how much space it takes up, and air is basically everywhere, so this is not the correct choice.
The last option is density, or how thick the air is, usually due to how much water there is. This makes sense because if it is very thick you have to have more heat to get through all of the density. It would take longer to warm up a car filled with 20 people than with one person. Therefore, the second option is density.
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The clothing is different, in South India women generally wear sari whereas in North India women generally prefer salwaar kameez or chudidar. The architecture is different as well, In north india there are a lot of islamic inspired buildings. The food is different as well, in north india they eat a lot of wheat based foods and in the south they eat a lot of rice.<span />
