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A continent is what floats on top of the plate. There are continental and oceanic plates. The continents float on the continental plate and the ocean sits on the oceanic plate. But there are also plates that carry both continents and oceans. The plates are what causes continental drift. So basically plates are what carry the continents and oceans.
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What is a continent to continent collision?
A continent-continent collision occurs when two continental plates converge and push against each other. This collision can lead to mountain building, as seen in the collision between the Indian Plate and the Eurasian Plate that formed the Himalayas.
Which continent sits on top of the Arabian plate?
The continent that sits on top of the Arabian plate is Asia. The Arabian plate consists mostly of the Arabian peninsula.
How do arc continent mountains form?
Arc continent mountains form at convergent plate boundaries where an oceanic plate subducts beneath a continental plate. The oceanic plate is forced downward into the mantle, causing melting and the formation of magma. This magma rises to the surface and creates volcanic arcs, which eventually build up to form mountain ranges on the continent.
What is one difference between a country and a continent?
Usually there are many countries comprising a continent, however, that is not true of Australia. However the fundamental difference is that a continent is a geological/physical geographical entity while a country is a geopolitical entity.
What is the differnce between a continent and a island?
The difference between a continent and a island is that continents sit on their own continental lithosphere and islands do not. Greenland is the largest island and Australia is the smallest continent.
What is the difference between single plate clutch and multi plate clutch?
"What is the difference between single plate clutch and multi plate clutch?"
What is a difference between a continent and a country?
a continent is made up of countries
What is an example of an active continent to continent collision?
I can't give you a continent to continent but I can give you tectonic plate to tectonic plate. The Indian-Australian Plate is colliding with the Eurasian plate to form the Himalayan Mountains.
The Scotia plate lies between antarctica and which continent?
South America.
What relationship is there between a continent and a tectonic plate?
its called don't be lazY
What is the difference between a continent a region and a hemisphere?
a region is a area a continent is a land mass
What is the difference between a convergent plate boundary and a destructive plate boundary?
there the same
What is the difference between a pitcher's plate and the home plate in softball?
43 feet
What is a continent to continent collision?
A continent-continent collision occurs when two continental plates converge and push against each other. This collision can lead to mountain building, as seen in the collision between the Indian Plate and the Eurasian Plate that formed the Himalayas.
What is the difference between subduction zone and a continent continent collision zone?
it is the study of making sanwhichs
What is the difference between plate tectonic and tectonic plate?
Plate Tectonics is the process by by which the earth's tectonic plates move.
Which plate does not carry a continent?
The Pacific Plate does not carry a continent.
