What happens when continental plates collide?

Answer 1

This is called a constructive plate boundry. The oceanic plate will be pushed under by the continental plate, as it as thinner and denser. The friction can result in earthquakes and the heat from the friction will melt some of the oceanic plate. The pressure in the mantle will push the magma up to the surface, creating a volcano (creating land, therefore "constructive"). Hope this helped, just recently did tectonics in geography class.

Answer 2

The continental plate is less dense that the oceanic plate and so sinks underneath the oceanic plate. The oceanic plate holds water and so when the continental plate sinks underneath it, the water from the oceanic plate covers the continental plate.

Answer 3

They don't collide, one slides under the other, and when they get stuck, there is still a force pushing, so there is a great build up of tension. When this tension releases, a great deal of energy is released in the form of an earthquake

Answer 4

since the oceanic crus is thinner than the Continental crust the oceanic crust get submerged and gets destroyed while the continental crust covers the submerged part as being taken over by continental crust.

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Answer 5

it forms a deep valley also known as trench

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5th grader

2011

Answer 6

The oceanic plate subducts underneath the continental plate and creates volcanoes at the subduction zone.

Answer 7

A convergent plate boundary is formed, (the oceanic plate slips below the continental), and in time, volcanoes just off the coast of the continental plate.

Answer 8

the denser plate, (oceanic) sinks under the continental plate and the sand and dead sea creatures on top of the crust melt, forming glass

Answer 9

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