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What are two formations resulting from plate tectonics?
Continental Plates= Mountains. Ex: Himalayas Oceanic Plates= Tsunamis
The Himalayas were formed as a result of what?
compression (:compression (:
What type of plates form the Himalayas?
the Himalayas were formed by a collision plate boundary, meaning that the plates collided and formed the Himalayas. The Himalayas are also referred to as 'fold mountains' because of the way in which they are made.
What type of mountain is the Himalayas?
The Himalayas are Fold Mountains
What is happening to the plate at the Himalayan mountains?
Two plates are being smashed together creating the Himalayas.
Are the plates in the Himalayas thin or thick?
thick
Describe what happens when two plates carrying continental crust collide?
Mountain Ranges form. Like the Himalayas
What mountain chain have two plates formed?
The Himalayas were created when the Indo-Australian Plate and the Eurasian Plate converged.
What mountain range is an example of plates colliding?
The Himalayas is an example of a mountain range formed when two plates collided. It was formed upon the collision of the Indian Plate and the Eurasian Plate.
Did the movement of plates create the Himalayas?
The Himalayas were lifted by the subduction of the Indian tectonic plate under the Eurasian Plate,
Plates involved with Himalayas?
The Himalayas are still growing because the Indian plate continues to ram into the Eurasian Plate.
How were large mountain ranges such as the Himalayas?
collision of tectonic plates
