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When two plates push up against each other, they form a mountain. The mid-atlantic ridge is the longest mountain range is the largest mountain range in the world and is under water.When two plates shift against each other, that causes an earthquake. When one plate goes underneath another, that forms a volcano (because it touches the lava, which causes it to go upward, and the other plate--the one on top-- slowly weakens and just goes along with it all). Answer your question? ;)
*I am in 7th grade science and we just learned this!*
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Not quite you didn't. I'll give you 5/10. The Mid-Atlantic Ridge is a spreading ridge, or constructive plate margin, along the junctions of plates pulling AWAY from each other, NOT colliding.
The plate-plate friction in subduction does give earthquakes, yes, thanks to the consequent stick-slip motion. The tremor is the vibrations of the slip.
The subducted plate partially melts, yes, but in the upper Mantle, not the "lava", from Mantle heat and frictional heat. This sends great globules of molten rock upwards through the continental crust, undergoing complex physical and chemical changes on their way, but this rock does not become lava unless and until ejected in volcanic eruptions.
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∙ 13y agoThe tremendous pressure between the two opposing plates has to be released in some way, and it is released upward, because there is less resistance in that direction - and so, up comes a mountain. That is an oversimplification, but that is the basics of it.
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∙ 7y agoNo. Mountain folding occurs when two plates collide and it pushes up the the land to make mountains, over a period of millions of years. When plates pull apart, it forms rift valleys on land and seafloor spreading at sea.
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∙ 11y agoConverging plates form mountains, when one plate goes under it pushes the edge of the other plate up,
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∙ 10y agoThrough plate collisions like transform boundaries, divergent boundaries, and convergent boundries.
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∙ 12y agoMountains form at plate boundries
These changes include mountains being built
and valleys being formed.
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∙ 15y agoThe mountains are formed by rising, lighter weight magma pushing up on the crust.
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What are mountains that are formed by pushing plates together?
their was no mountains when you push the plates together they are just normal mountains and when you push them apart they formed a volcano and when plates pushed out under the earth they formed earthquake
These form when two continental plates push together?
convergent boundary
What occurs when plates with continental crust push together?
a volcano, mountain , or hill will usu. form
Where do folded mountain belts form?
Fold mountains are formed when two of the Earthâ??s tectonic plates push together. This process is called orogeny. The pressure of the colliding plates force the edges of the plates upward into folds. Fold mountains are the most common type of mountain. It takes millions of years to create a mountain range!
How do mountains form where continental plates collide?
They form because of stresses put on the continental plate, forcing it to crumple. The effect of rising is furthered by the oceanic plate forcing it upwards, and by the melted material also pushing upwards, which is why these ranges also tend to be volcanic. An example is the Andes
When plates push together compression causes the ground to form what mountain?
stromboli mountains
How do most mountains form?
when tectonic plates under the surface collide together and push up
What are mountains that are formed by pushing plates together?
their was no mountains when you push the plates together they are just normal mountains and when you push them apart they formed a volcano and when plates pushed out under the earth they formed earthquake
How can the movement of tectonic plates create a mountain?
The plates push and pull and grind against each other they push together the force goes up and they form large mountains!
How are hill made?
The Earth is made of giant plates of the Earth's crust. When these push together, they form hills and mountains.
How do mountains and volcanos form?
when to different plates push up to form a volcano
What happens when two tectonic plates rub together?
they form mountains, volcanoes, earthquakes.
How can mountains form?
lay a piece of paper flat on a table. place your hands on both ends of the paper then push them together. the paper raises up in the middle, much like mountains do when tectonic plates push against each other.
Why do certain plate boundaries not create mountains?
Mountains are created when plates push against each other, some plates pull apart, or rub together instead.
These form when two continental plates push together?
convergent boundary
What mountains form from pools of magma that accumulate underground and push up on crustal plates?
dome
These mountains form from pools of magma that accumulate underground and push up on crustal plates.?
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