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Would you expect to find more metamorphic rocks in the middle of a plate or near a plate boundary?
plate boundary
How do the mountains that form along an oceanic-oceanic convergent boundary differ from those associated with an oceanic-continental convergent boundary?
In a oceanic-continentalconvergent boundaryyou normally get subduction , when one plate slides under another. In this case the plate subducting, or going under is the oceanic plate ( it is more dense ), so the mountains would be just of the continental plate. In aoceanic-oceanic convergent boundary the mountains would just be oceanic ( basalt).
Would you expect to find a folded mountain range at a mid-ocean ridge?
You would expect to find a fold mountain range at a convergent or collision boundary rather than at a divergent boundary such as a mid ocean ridge.
What kind of Plate boundary is in japan?
Japan is at the meeting place of four tectonic plates: The Pacific Plate, The Eurasian Plates, The Philippine Plate, and the Okhotsk Plate (sometimes considered part of the North American Plate).
What two types of plate boundaries are found along the margins of the plate?
I would guess that its the convergent/destructive plate boundary (2 plates pushing against each other) and the conservative/transform plate boundary (2 plates sliding past each other). The third type divergent/constructive plate boundary happens when the 2 plates are moving away from each other and new land is formed from the magma coming up between them.
Does a rift valley form along a colliding boundary?
No, it would form along a separating (divergent) tectonic plate boundary.
Why would you not want to live along that plate edge?
Along plate edges is where a lot of earthquakes occur. If you were to live along a plate boundary you would be putting yourself in danger of an earthquake.
What are plate boundaries that move away form each other?
divergent
Does a rift valley forms along a convergent boundary on land?
No, that would be a divergent plate boundary where a rift valley forms.
What are the examples of divergent boundary?
Examples of a divergent boundary would be a mid-ocean ridge. Two plates are pulling apart from each other. If you have heard before, the magma from the asthenosphere find a way to get out through the crack of the diverging plates and makes new land. Another type of devergent boundary would be a fissure. It is a long linear crack made by the plates moving apart. I think maybe another one would probably be a volcano, but I am not sure.
A tectonic plate moving westward what geological effects would you expect to see on its northern edge?
1. If a plate moved westward, then in the westward side there would be a convergent boundary resulting in a trench. In the eastern side, there would be a divergent plate boundary resulting in a ridge. In the northern and southern side, there would be a transform fault.
Are the two plates along the coast of south America probably a divergent boundary or a convergent?
It is a convergent boundary The subduction of the pacific plate underneath the west coast of South America creates the uplift and volcanoes that is still producing the Andean mountain range. A divergent boundary would create a mid-ocean ridge, or somthing akin to the great rift valley in Africa.
Are the two plates along the coast of South America probably a divergent boundary or a convergent boundary?
It is a convergent boundary The subduction of the pacific plate underneath the west coast of South America creates the uplift and volcanoes that is still producing the Andean mountain range. A divergent boundary would create a mid-ocean ridge, or somthing akin to the great rift valley in Africa.
Would you expect to find more metamorphic rocks in the middle of a plate or near a plate boundary?
plate boundary
Would you expect to see a folded mountain range at an ocean ridge?
No. A mid-ocean ridges is a divergent boundary. You find folded mountain at convergent plate boundaries.
What type of plate boundary would be found along the coastline near japan's volcanic mountain ranges?
mid-oceanic ridges are near the mountain range at the divergent boundary
What type of plate boundary would have less silica content?
divergent boundary
