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Colliding plates cause mountain ranges to grow.
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Do colliding plates cause earthquakes?
Actually colliding plates cause earthquakes
The kind of plates that cause mountains to form?
colliding plates
What are underground plates called?
sliding,seperating,and colliding plates and tectonic plate . Tectonic plates are the one which cause earthquakes
Convergent boundaries can be divided into 3 categories what are these categories and what geological feature are created by each?
The categories are a continental and a continental plate colliding, continental and oceanic plates colliding, and oceanic and oceanic plates colliding. The two continental plates form mountains. The continental and oceanic plated colliding cause subduction zones and volcanoes. Oceanic and oceanic plates colliding form a trench.
What occurs where plates with continental crust push together?
Two colliding continental plates will cause an uplift. An example would be the Indian sub-continent colliding with Asia creating the Himalaya mountains.
What causes colliding plates?
tectonic movement can cause tectonic plates to collide, drift apart, or slide across one another
What causes the movement of plates?
colliding plates and
What landform resulting from 2 continental plates colliding together?
Tectonic plates colliding generally form mountains.
What can be caused by slipping sliding and colliding of the tectonic plates?
Seismic Activity - Earthquakes or Tremors which in turn can cause can cause oceanic disturbances such as Tsunami's
What two plates are colliding?
convergent
What can colliding plates form?
an earthquake
Which two tectonic plates are colliding causing the rise of the Andes Mountains?
The Nazca and the South American plates are colliding forming the Andes Mountain.
