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Name two landforms that are created when plates collide?
Mountains and deep ocean trenches are two landforms that are created when tectonic plates collide. Mountains are formed when two continental plates collide and push against each other, while deep ocean trenches occur when one oceanic plate subducts beneath another.
Where are earthquakes or volcanoes likely to occur?
Earthquakes are likely to occur along tectonic plate boundaries where there is movement and stress in the Earth's crust. Volcanoes are likely to occur at convergent plate boundaries, divergent plate boundaries, and hotspots where magma from the Earth's mantle reaches the surface.
What is the main condition needed for a hurricane to occur?
You need two plates in the earth to collide
When oceanic plates collide what volcanic landforms are made A- folded mountains B- island arcs c- strike-slip faults d- mid ocean ridges?
B- Island arcs. When oceanic plates collide, the denser plate is forced beneath the other in a process called subduction. As the sinking plate melts in the mantle, magma rises to form volcanic island arcs where eruptions occur.
What happens when two continents collide along a convergent plate boundary?
There is a compressional stress on the rocks which causes the crust to shorten. Reverse faults (the hanging wall moves up) occur at convergent plate boundaries. In continental-continental convergent boundaries, where two continents collide, the crust becomes deformed and thickened forming mountain chains. This is known as orogenesis or mountain building. This occurrence explains the creation of the Himalayas where India and Asia collided. Strictly speaking, it is the tectonic plates that collide, not just the continents. The shortening of the land may be accommodated by land folding. For example, the Indian Plate is colliding with the Asian Plate, causing land shortening and mountain folding and building. (Have a glance at the path of the rivers rising in the Himalayas.).
How do continents grow?
Continents grow through a process called continental drift, where tectonic plates move and collide. As plates converge, they can create mountain ranges and add landmass to existing continents. This process takes millions of years to occur.
Name two landforms that are created when plates collide?
Mountains and deep ocean trenches are two landforms that are created when tectonic plates collide. Mountains are formed when two continental plates collide and push against each other, while deep ocean trenches occur when one oceanic plate subducts beneath another.
Do earthquakes occur as earth's plates collide?
Yes that is generally where most earthquakes occur
Do earthquakes happen on sunny days?
Earthquakes can happen during any weather, an earthquake is essentially when 2 tectonic plates collide. This means that their most likely to occur after a tsunami, they can occur doing any weather though.
Where is a trench most likely to occur?
Trenches are most likely to occur at convergent plate boundaries, where tectonic plates collide and one is forced beneath the other in a process called subduction. This creates deep oceanic trenches, such as the Mariana Trench in the western Pacific Ocean, which is the deepest known trench on Earth.
What continents don't have earthquakes?
Earthquakes occur on all of the continents, even Antarctica.
Do Divergent boundaries only occur on the ocean floor?
No. They can also occur on continents.
Do molecules need to collide for a chemical reaction to occur?
Yes, it is true.
What do scientist believe will occur in the next 250 million years with the movement of continents?
Scientists believe that in the next 250 million years, the continents will continue to drift and may collide to form a new supercontinent, similar to how Pangea existed in the past. This cycle of supercontinent formation and breakup happens over hundreds of millions of years due to tectonic plate movements.
Why does an ocean trench occur?
oceanic trenches occur where tectonic plates collide and one is pushed underneath the other.
What general areas are more likely to see thunderstorms and lightning?
Thunderstorms are likely to occur when warm, moist air and cold, dry air collide. In the United States, this occurs in Tornado Alley, there is a link attached so you can see were Tornado Alley is.
A reaction is most likely to occur when reactant particles collide with?
with both proper energy and proper oreantation
