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What forms when one oceanic plate is forced beanath another plate?
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New oceanic lithosphere forms as a result of?
New oceanic lithosphere forms as a result of continental drift.
Earth does not get bigger as new oceanic crust forms?
Just as new oceanic crust forms at mid-ocean ridges, old oceanic crust is destroyed at subduction zones.
When oceanic lithosphere subducts beneath oceanic lithosphere?
An island arc forms.
What forms when one plate is forced under another plate?
mid ocean ridge
What happens when two oceanic plates meet?
the colder,oceanic plate sinks?!?!
What forms when one oceanic plate is forced beneath another plate a rift valley an ocean basin an ocean ridge a subduction zone?
a subduction zone
What forms when one oceanic plate is forced beneath another plate a. an ocean basin b. an ocean ridge c. a subduction zone d. a rift valley?
C. subduction zone
New oceanic lithosphere forms as a result of?
New oceanic lithosphere forms as a result of continental drift.
Earth does not get bigger as new oceanic crust forms?
Just as new oceanic crust forms at mid-ocean ridges, old oceanic crust is destroyed at subduction zones.
When oceanic lithosphere subducts beneath oceanic lithosphere?
An island arc forms.
What type of rock makes up the continental and oceanic crust?
basalt forms in oceanic crust granite forms in continental
What forms when one plate is forced under another plate?
mid ocean ridge
What feature forms at diverging oceanic plates?
Ridges of buoyant oceanic crust form at diverging oceanic plate boundaries.
What forms when a continental plate collides with an oceanic plate?
it forms a trench
How does a trench forms?
They form when the oceanic crust goes under the Continental crust. The oceanic crust then forms the trenches through a process called subduction.
What happens when two oceanic plates meet?
the colder,oceanic plate sinks?!?!
What forms during oceanic-subduction?
Rift valleys
