That is, the Atlantic Ocean would start to close up, narrowing the distance between the eastern edge of the Americas and Europe and Africa. So they form a single super continent. 5.Based on the discussion, what happens when a continental plate and an oceanic plate collide? A. The...
that shift on top of the Earth’s mantle, or the rocky inner layer of Earth. Plates can be made up of oceanic lithosphere or continental lithosphere. In total, Earth’s lithosphere is composed of seven major tectonic plates, and additional minor plates. Each plate shifts somewhere between 0 ...
lithosphere. … move toward each other along convergent boundaries. When a continental plate and an oceanic plate come together, the leading edge of the oceanic plate isforced beneath the continental plate and down into the asthenosphere—a process called subduction. How do you tell which is the ...
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