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What may two continental plate collide and cause?
Earthquakes
What are 3 types of convergent pate boundaries?
Oceanic-continental plate boundary: where an oceanic plate and a continental plate collide, causing the oceanic plate to subduct beneath the continental plate. Oceanic-oceanic plate boundary: occurs when two oceanic plates collide, with one plate usually subducting beneath the other. Continental-continental plate boundary: where two continental plates collide, leading to the formation of mountain ranges through intense compression and uplifting of the crust.
When are mountains most likely to form at convergent boundary?
When two continental plates collide or a continental plate collides with an oceanic plate.
What does the collision of a continental plate and an oceanic plate produce?
when two plates collide they form trenches.
What features form where two continental plate come together?
When continental plates collide they form high mountains.
What type of geologic feature will form two continental plates collide ( Explain)?
Mountain ranges are formed when two continental plates collide. When they converge one plate will be forced slightly under the other one.
What are two ways volcanoes can forms near converging plate boundaries?
Volcanoes may form where two oceanic plates collide or where an oceanic plate collides with a continental plate.
What are two Ways volcanoes Form near converging plate boundaries?
Volcanoes may form where two oceanic plates collide or where an oceanic plate collides with a continental plate.
What is a oceanic boundary?
These are zones/areas where two lithospheric plates, involving an oceanic and a continental plate collide.
Why do oceanic plates dive underneath continental plates when they collide?
Oceanic plates are denser than continental plates due to their composition, so when they collide, the denser oceanic plate is forced to dive (subduct) beneath the less dense continental plate. This process occurs due to the difference in density between the two types of plates, leading to the oceanic plate sinking into the mantle.
When two plates collide what determines which plate comes out on top?
The density of the plates and the angle of the collision can determine which plate comes out on top when two plates collide. The denser plate tends to sink beneath the less dense plate, while the angle of collision can influence the direction of movement. Additionally, the presence of features like oceanic crust and continental crust can also impact which plate is subducted.
What explains the observation that when a continental and oceanic plate collide the oceanic plate dives down under the continental plate?
This phenomenon, known as subduction, occurs because oceanic plates are denser and thinner than continental plates. When the two plates collide, the denser oceanic plate is forced beneath the less dense continental plate due to gravitational pull. This process results in the oceanic plate descending into the mantle, leading to the formation of deep ocean trenches and volcanic arcs.
