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Subduction. This is usually an Oceanic plate being subducted beneath a continental plate as oceanic is less dense.

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A subduction zone.

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Which of these forms when plates collide and one plate is pushed up over another?

mountain


What is it called when one plate is pushed another plate as they collide?

subduction boundary!!!


What forms when plates collide and one plate is pushed up over another plate?

a volcanoe! hope you found this helpfull! :)


When two plates collide the denser plate does what?

It gets pushed down under the lighter plate. This process is called subduction.


Why do mountains form when earths plates collide?

One plate tectonic, or fragment, is pushed underneath another plate which causes the other one to go nowhere else but up.


When a plate is pushed into another plate what process is that?

A convergent boundary is formed when a plate is pushed into another by the process of subduction.


What can occur at places where one plate is pushed below another plate?

It is called subduction. Usually it will form coastal volcanoes.


When a moving plate collides and is pushed under another plate?

When a moving plate collides and is pushed under another plate it is known as a subduction zone. Subduction zones are located at convergent bounties. The plate that is pushed beneath the other plate is then consumed in the asthenosphere.


What happens when 2 plates crash into each other?

A few things can happen when plates collide. The most well known is a phenomenon called subduction where a denser plate is pushed underneath another where it melts and is destroyed in the hot mantle. Another phenomenon is called mountain building where neither plate is pushed under the other but they are merged together in a series of broken sheets and folded into mountains.


When a continental plates collide with another continental plate what it is caused?

Earthquake


How do plate tectonics make underwater volcanoes?

When two tectonic plates collide with each other. If they collide, they usually slide under each other, causing a tsunami. However, If the collide head on, ground is pushed upward, creating a volcano'mountain


What is it called when two plates collide?

Convergent boundary