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What happens when a tectonic plate slides under another tectonic plate?
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This happens at a plate boundary. The oceanic plate subducts (sinks) under the continental plate, because it is heavier. (the oceanic plate is made of basalt and the continental plate is made of granite.)
This happens at a destructive plate margin. it is called this because part if the oceanic plate is destroyed, because it melts as it sinks.
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What forms when one tectonic plate slides under another?
earthquake
What is the name of the type of boundary where one tectonic plate slides under another tectonic plates?
A destructive plate boundary - a subduction zone.
The movement of one tectonic plate under another tectonic plate?
The movement of one tectonic plate under another occurs at convergent boundaries. For example, at this boundary denser oceanic crust slides under the lighter continental crust.
When regions of earth's surface sink down?
The earth's crust sinking in is called subduction. It is usually associated with tectonic plate movement. When one plate slides over another and pushes the other downward.
How are trench and mountains formed?
Mountains are created when the tectonic plates collide, and one plate slides under the other, lifting it.
Where does a earthquake start?
Where a tectonic plate slides past another.
When one tectonic plate slides on one another?
earthquake
What happens when one tectonic plate slides against another?
An earthquake or tremmor may happen if the slide is strong enough.
What forms when one tectonic plate slides under another?
earthquake
What is the name of the type of boundary where one tectonic plate slides under another tectonic plates?
A destructive plate boundary - a subduction zone.
The movement of one tectonic plate under another tectonic plate?
The movement of one tectonic plate under another occurs at convergent boundaries. For example, at this boundary denser oceanic crust slides under the lighter continental crust.
What happens when a plate slides against another plate?
it has transform boundary
What is the type of tectonic plate boundary that forms from a collision between two tectonic plates is a?
Convergent boundaries occur at subduction zones, the point where one plate slides under another plate.
What is the type of tectonic plate boundary that forms from collision between two tectonic plates is a?
Convergent boundaries occur at subduction zones, the point where one plate slides under another plate.
How do tectonic plates converge?
Mountain building like the Himalayas. Or one plate slides under another.
What two plates formed mount Pinatubo?
Mt. Pinatubo is in a subduction zone. subduction is when one tectonic plate slides under another. In the Mt. Pinatubo area the Eurasian Plate slides under the Philippine Sea Plate at the Manila Trench.
What happens to the sliding plate when it slides under another plate?
a trench is develop due to the sliding of the plates
