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When Oceanic meets Continental, it doesn't work out so well for the ocean. See, it subducts under the larger and denser continent, then melting down into the molten magma that can be found under our crust. This reaction forms volcanoes, and mountains, too. Crazy how one thing starts a whole chain of other stuff, huh?
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What happens when a ocean plate and a tectonic plate collide?
chuck norris is born
What are the different types of convergent plate boundary?
ocean-ocean ocean-continent continent-continent
What happens when to tectonics plate collide?
an earthquake
When ocean plates collide with continental plates the denser ocean plate?
sinks
What are three different types of convergent plate boundaries?
ocean-ocean ocean-continent continent-continent
What is similar in convergent plate boundary ocean to ocean and convergent plate boundary continent to continent?
They are the same size
When ocean plates collide with continental plates what does the denser plate do?
sinks
What land form is created by tectonic plates crashing together?
this depends on the two plates that collide. Ocean plates are much heavier than continental plates. If an ocean and continental plate collide, the ocean plate sinks underneath and creates a trench. If two ocean plates or two continental plate collide, it creates a mountain range/ oceanic ridge depending on the type.
What plate boundaries have the largest magnitude earthquakes?
The plate boundaries that have the largest magnitude earthquakes are convergent plates. Convergent plates are moving together and eventually collide. These plates are usually along the edge of an ocean and next to a continent.
Classify 3 types of covergant plate boundaries based on the densities of the plates involved?
Ocean to ocean , ocean to continent and continent to continent
What continent plate is Kilauea volcano in?
Kilauea is not on a continent. It is in the middle of the Pacific Ocean and is located on the Pacific Plate.
When oceans plates collide with continental plates the denser ocean plate does what?
sinks
