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What happens when two continental plates crash into each other?
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When two continental plates crash into each other, they crumple and fold. The crust is forced up, and mountains form, and earthquakes happen.
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When two continental plates collide what happens?
When two continental plates collide they form mountains .
What happens when two continental plates slide past each other?
Transform faults are caused by plates sliding past each other.
What happens at a destructive margin?
A destructive margin is when the oceanic crust moves towards the continental crust and slip under it (oceanic crust is heavier than the continental crust). This can build up a lot of pressure between the plates.
A rift valley can form where two continental plates are?
At diverging continental plate boundaries. Where tectonic plates made up of continental crust move away from each other, causing a depression it the earths crust.
What happens when two plates pass each other in opposite directions?
Normally when two plates pass each other they create earthquakes and faults. When two plates pass each other the type of boundary the have is called a Transform Boundary.
When two continental plates collide what happens?
When two continental plates collide they form mountains .
What happens during this type of plate movement?
when the plates crash each other the earthquake happens
What happens when two continental plates slide past each other?
Transform faults are caused by plates sliding past each other.
How does the continental drift form?
Continental drift is what happens when the Earth's plates shift either towards or away from the other plates. Earthquakes occur when two of the plates bump into each other. It happens when the magma from within the Earth rises up and pushes the plates, due high pressure they pose. That's the best I can do.
How do moving plates change earth's crust?
It changes because when the 2 tectonic plates collide they form mountains and volcanoes. Also with Alfred Weigners hypothesis the continents are always moving Continental drift and subduction zones the tectonic plates along the earth. continental drift causes tectonic plates to either "pull apart" or "crash" into each other. plates that crash into each other either form mountains, or when one slides under the other (a subduction zone) volcanoes from. *see "Volcanoes" for further explanation)
How do moving plates change the Earth's crust?
It changes because when the 2 tectonic plates collide they form mountains and volcanoes. Also with Alfred Weigners hypothesis the continents are always moving Continental drift and subduction zones the tectonic plates along the earth. continental drift causes tectonic plates to either "pull apart" or "crash" into each other. plates that crash into each other either form mountains, or when one slides under the other (a subduction zone) volcanoes from. *see "Volcanoes" for further explanation)
What happens when 2 continental plates collide into each other?
Landforms such as ocean trenches and mountain ranges are created.
When two geologic plates are moving away from each other what happens?
When it is two continental plates, new oceanic crust is formed, and when this continues, more oceanic crust is formed between the plates.
What happens when 2 oceanic plates and 2 continental plates move towards each other?
when 2 oceanic plates move toward(converge)each other they form a lain of VOLCANIC ISLAND ARC.when 2 continenatl plates move toward(converge)each other they form MOUNTAIN BUILDING.
Do earthquakes only happen where plates converge?
no, earthquakes mainly happen when two plates crash each other or one plates goes under the other.
What is the difference between Continental plates and Tectonic plates?
Continental plates are tectonic plates. They are tectonic plates upon which continents rest, and they move as do all tectonic plates. Basically, there is no difference, other than the fact that oceanic plates are another type of tectonic plate.
What are plates moving toward each other?
Plates that move toasted each other are detractive plates meeting at a destructive margin. If a continental and an oceanic plate move towards each other, earthquakes and volcanoes occur, this is called a subduction margin, but if the plates are both continental then fold mountains form this is a collision margin
