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What happens when an oceanic plate collides with a continental plate and sinks?
When the oceanic plate sinks it is absorbed back into the magma.
What occurs when a continental plate collides with an oceanic plate and overtakesit?
subduction
What happens when a plate boundary collides with a new plate boundary?
It creates a violent wave through the earth and when it reaches the surface it causes the ground to shake also known as an earth quake
What does an ocean plate make when it collides with a continental plate?
a volcano a mountain or a earthquake
What will happen if a seafloor plate collides with a continental plate?
It will subduct under the less dense continental plate.
What happens when an oceanic plate collides with a continental plate and sinks?
When the oceanic plate sinks it is absorbed back into the magma.
What occurs when a continental plate collides with an oceanic plate and overtakes it?
When a continental plate collides with an oceanic plate and overtakes it, this is known as subduction.
What happens when a plate of oceanic crust collides with a plate of Continetal crust why?
the oceanic crust slides down and burns in the mantle and forms a volcano
What happens when a plate carrying crust collides with a plate carrying continental crust?
When the Indian plate collided with the harder Asian plate, the Indian plate went underneath, eventually causing an up-thrust that raised the Himalayas.
What happens when a plate carrying ocean crust collides with a plate carrying continental crust?
The contiental cdrust is forced under the continental crust in a process called subduction.
What happens when a plate Carrying oceanic crust collides with a plate carrying continental crusts?
The contiental cdrust is forced under the continental crust in a process called subduction.
What forms when a continental plate collides with an oceanic plate?
it forms a trench
What form when a oceanic plate collides with oceanic plate?
a trench will form
What occurs when a continental plate collides with an oceanic plate and overtakesit?
subduction
What collides with plate boudaries?
Other plates.
What happens when a plate carrying oceanic oceanic crust collides with a plate carrying continental crust?
The contiental cdrust is forced under the continental crust in a process called subduction.
When the ocean floor collides with a crustal plate what happens?
it subducts underneath the crustal plate
