convergent boundary
Collision can produce mountains or subduction. This topic is part of Earth Science within Science & Nature. This page currently draws on 5 supporting questions, with answers and bonus facts available below.
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convergent boundary trivia questions
At a convergent boundary, tectonic plates move how?
Answer: Toward each other
Bonus fact: Collision can produce mountains or subduction.
What happens when dense oceanic crust meets lighter continental crust at many convergent boundaries?
Answer: Oceanic crust subducts
Bonus fact: The denser oceanic plate descends into the mantle.
Which mountain range formed from collision of the Indian and Eurasian plates?
Answer: Himalayas
Bonus fact: Continental collision continues to raise the Himalayas.
At what type of plate boundary is crust consumed as one plate dives beneath another?
Answer: Convergent boundary
Bonus fact: USGS describes convergent boundaries as places where one plate descends beneath another.
At which type of plate boundary can one plate dive beneath another?
Answer: Convergent boundary
Bonus fact: The downward movement of one plate beneath another is called subduction.