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The Alps are a result of the collision between Africanand European tectonic plates, during which the western part of the Tethys Ocean, (which was formerly in between these continents), disappeared.
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How are mountain ranges formed by tectonic plates?
The plates are pushing together causing them to move up and form mountains
What type of motion occurred between the two plates?
A convergent boundary can form between two plates and a divergent boundary can be created between two plates, then two plates rubbing together create earthquakes, many are very minor. A convergent boundary is two plates pushing together to form a mountain, hill, or volcano. Divergent plates move apart and create canyons and stuff.
What happens when two tectonic plates rub together?
they form mountains, volcanoes, earthquakes.
Which landform is likely to form where two oceanic plates push together?
folded mountain
When oceanic plates come together what land form does this event create?
is found in to mountain
What two continent crashed together to form the Alps?
The African and European plates.
How do the alps form?
by two plates crashing together
Which Plates collided to form the Alps Mountain Range?
The collision of the African Plate and the Eurasian Plate over millions of years is responsible for the formation of the Alps Mountain Range. The intense pressure and folding of the Earth's crust during this collision led to the uplift of the mountains.
What will happen if two plates crashed into each other?
If two plates crashed into each other two possible things can happen: 1 The plates bump into each other and can cause an earthquake. 2 The plates crash, then they go upwards to form a mountain or a volcano. ~Doraexplorer
How were the swiss alps was formed?
The Alps form part of a line of mountain chains, called the Alpide Belt. This goes through Southern Europe and Asia and all the way to the Himalayas.The Alps were formed when the African and the Eurasian Plates collided, folded and then buckled.
Where do fold mountains form?
At destructive collision plate boundaries eg Alps (collision of African and Eurasian plates)
Where is the rocky mountains located and how do they form?
the rocky mountains are located in North America. A long time ago, there was one big continent on the planet earth and soon enough, it drifted apart into plates. When those plates crashed together, they forced the earth's crust to go up, and over time the plates were pushed together so much, it forced them really high and they formed the Rocky mountains.
How did the mountain Sierra Nevada form?
Pacific and Northern plates crashed against each other and cause the sierra Nevada mountains form
What is the most common way mountains form?
Mountains form on shifting tectonic plates
How did sierra Nevada mountains formed?
Pacific and Northern plates crashed against each other and cause the sierra Nevada mountains form
What are the Alps?
The Alps are fold mountains . They are formed when tectonic plates crash together and they fold in and up .The Alps are fold mountains . They are formed when tectonic plates crash together and they fold in and up .
What is at a convergent boundary where two continental plates are presently colliding?
Both Plates are pushed upwards and rocks are folded and faulted to form mountain ranges. For Example this occurred in Europe when the Eurasian and African plates collided to form the Alps. And a Subduction zone is formed when a continental and Oceanic plates collide as the oceanic plate is forced downwards into the mantle.
