How were indian and chinese cultures influenced by their surrounding geography

Marine exptoration of oil uses seismic waves to locate oil in the seabed. what is a negative impact from seismic waves on the aquatic ecosystem of the ocean? a.seismic waves kill microoganisms b.seismic waves disrupts the sand and causes seafloor erosion c.seismic waves have virtually no adverse affects on marine life d.seismic waves damage the sonar that dolphins and whales use to orient themselves underwater

“well,” he says, “there’s excuse for picks and letting-on, in a case like this; if it warn’t so, i wouldn’t approve of it, nor i wouldn’t stand by and see the rules broke—because right is right, and wrong is wrong, and a body ain’t got no business doing wrong when he ain’t ignorant and knows better. it might answer for you to dig jim out with a pick, without any letting-on, because you don’t know no better; but it wouldn’t for me, because i do know better.” the meaning in this excerpt is

What two advances did europeans borrowed from china