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This question is location specific, so I am going to have to assume that you live in North America. If that is true, then you live on the North American plate. If not:
Europe/Asia (except India, Middle East, and the Philipphines) - Eurasian plate
Africa - African plate
South America - South American plate
Australia - Australian plate
India - Indian plate
Middle East - Arabian plate
Antarctica - Antarctic plate
Oceania - Pacific Plate
Philippines - Philipine plate
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Which type of plate is thicker continental or oceanic?
Continental plate.
When a continental plate and an oceanic plate collide why does the oceanic plate sink below the continental plate?
It's because the oceanic plate is more dense than the continental plate.
What will happen if a seafloor plate collides with a continental plate?
It will subduct under the less dense continental plate.
What happends when an oceanic plate goes under a continental plate?
When an oceanic plate goes under a continental plate, the subducting plate ---> oceanic creates a curved line of volcanoes along the edge of the overlying continental plate.
When an oceanic plate collides with a continental plate which plate is subducted?
When an oceanic plate and a continental plate collide, the oceanic plate is always subducted. Oceanic plates are denser than continental plates, and they have a higher iron content. Since they are denser, oceanic plates always sink below the continental plate in the event of a collision.
Which type of plate is thicker continental or oceanic?
Continental plate.
Is the Pacific plate and oceanic plate or continental plate?
It is oceanic
The thickest plate oceanic or continental?
Continental plate.
When a continental plate and an oceanic plate collide why does the oceanic plate sink below the continental plate?
It's because the oceanic plate is more dense than the continental plate.
What is the tectonic plate UK live on called?
Great Britain and Ireland, along with continental Europe, are entirely on the Eurasian Plate.
Is the African plate continental or oceanic?
the african plate is continental
Is African plate continental or oceanic?
the african plate is continental
When an ocean plate collides with a continental plate it does what?
It subducts under the continental plate because the oceanic plate is denser.
What is an example of a continental to continental crust collision?
the recent earthquake in japan is an of the movement plate techtonics
What explains the observation that when a continental and oceanic plate collide the oceanic plate dives down under the continental plate?
The oceanic plate must be more dense than the continental plate for this to happen.
What is continental-continental subduction?
the oceanic plate is more dense and subducts, or goes below, the continental plate.
Does an ocean crustal plate rises at a convergent boundary with a continental plate?
No. It subducts under the continental plate.
