When considering the effects caused by the flow of thermal energy inside the Earth, we typically refer to processes such as plate tectonics, volcanic activity, geothermal gradients, and metamorphism of rocks. However, if you are looking for an item that can be excluded from this list, it would be something unrelated to geological processes or thermal energy flow.
For example, effects like weather patterns in the atmosphere or changes in ocean currents, while they may be influenced by external factors like solar energy and atmospheric conditions, are not directly caused by the flow of thermal energy within the Earth itself.
So, in a broader sense, anything pertaining to atmospheric phenomena, such as climate change or weather events, can be excluded from the list of effects caused by the flow of thermal energy inside the Earth.