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When one plate is denser than the other plate which leads to it being force down below the less dense plate. This process is known as subduction and a trench forms at the point where the descending trench begins to flex into the earth.
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Where do oceanic trenches form?
At the margins of colliding tectonic plates.
What boundary does deep ocean trenches form at ----colliding or fracture?
Deep ocean trenches form at colliding boundaries.Source:Science / Earth Science by Scott Foresmanthe diamond editionscottforesman.comPearson
What can colliding plates form?
an earthquake
The kind of plates that cause mountains to form?
colliding plates
What kind of boundaries do plates form?
trenches trenches
What landform resulting from 2 continental plates colliding together?
Tectonic plates colliding generally form mountains.
Convergent boundaries can be divided into 3 categories what are these categories and what geological feature are created by each?
The categories are a continental and a continental plate colliding, continental and oceanic plates colliding, and oceanic and oceanic plates colliding. The two continental plates form mountains. The continental and oceanic plated colliding cause subduction zones and volcanoes. Oceanic and oceanic plates colliding form a trench.
What do colliding plates cause?
Colliding plates cause mountain ranges to grow.
Two continental plates colliding at a convergent boundary will often form?
mountain ranges
Do colliding plates cause earthquakes?
Actually colliding plates cause earthquakes
What causes the movement of plates?
colliding plates and
What is happening to the plates to form mt st helens?
The answer to this question is that the plates are still colliding which is causing the elevation of the volcano to become greater.
