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It creates a mountain that might turn into a volcano.
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How a trench formed?
a trench is formed when 2 oceanic plates collide
What forms when oceanic plates collide?
1. Oceanic trenches. 2. Volcanic islands. 3. Volcanic mountains. and 4. Volcanic arcs.
How did a mountain form?
the earth is made up of different plates and all the plates are different sizes, shapes and weight. there are 2 types of plates, oceanic and continental. a mountain is formed when 2 continental plates of the same weight collide into each other, it creates a mountain and the oceanic plates underneath them are pused down.
How do plate tectonics create hills?
when 2 plates collide and form a "little hill "
Compare and contrast the three plate boundaries?
Oceanic-continental convergence (when an oceanic plate meets a continental plate) & oceanic-oceanic convergence (2 oceanic plates) both involve oceanic plates & subduction. Continental-continental convergence (2 continental plates) involves neither.
What is it called when two tectonic plates colide?
It's referred to as a Convergent Boundary If 2 Continental Plates --> Mountains If 2 Oceanic Plates --> Subduction of Heavier (older) Plate If Continental-Oceanic --> Oceanic Plate slides under the Continental Plate (Subduction of Oceanic)
What forms when 2 plates collide?
earthquakes
What happens and what forms when 2 continental plates collide?
When two continental plates collide they buckle up and fold forming mountains.
What is it called when 2 tectonic plates collide?
convergence
What is 2 collision of 2 oceanic plates?
an earth quake happens when two plates meet
What happens when 2 oceanic plates?
It makes a mountain.
Convergence can occur between what types of plates?
1. oceanic-continental 2. oceanic-oceanic 3. continental-continental
