At a convergent boundary two plates move towards each other. As the plates slowly collide, one or both of them buckle upwards to create ripples in the surface of the Earth’s crust. This is the process by which mountain ranges are formed. Occasionally one plate forces the other down to fo...
5.Based on the discussion, what happens when a continental plate and an oceanic plate collide? A. The edge of the oceanic plate moves down into the mantle. B. Slab pull causes the ocean floor to expand. C. New rock material rises to the surface at the subduction zone. D. Parts of...
There are three types of plate boundaries or zones, each of which features a different type of plate interaction. Transform boundaries are one example. The others areconvergentboundaries (where plates collide) anddivergentboundaries (where plates split apart). Each of these three types of plate bou...
What happens when two continental plates collide? What are seismic waves? What occurs when one tectonic plate descends beneath another? What happens to sedimentary rocks during contact metamorphism? What happens when tectonic plates move away from each other, otherwise known as divergent boundaries? Wh...
What happens when two continental plates collide? What are two landforms that are created from divergent boundaries? Why does magma rise? What sequence of events can lead to magma becoming soil? What is basaltic magma? Why do volcanoes not form at continental collision boundaries? How does magma...
What happens when tectonic plates move away from each other, otherwise known as divergent boundaries? What happens to tectonic plates on an abyssal plain? How do plate tectonics affect ocean currents? What happens when two continental plates collide? What is a temporal scale in coastal geomorphology...
What happens when two tectonic plates collide? How is igneous rock formed? What causes a composite volcano to erupt? Is basaltic magma explosive? How does magma from a magma chamber reach the surface? How does a fissure volcano erupt? What type of magma formed the Hawaiian Islands? How are...