According to the theory of plate tectonics, how do two plates interact to form Earth's largest mountain ranges?

scrape past each other

move apart

collide

create new plates

Question

According to the theory of plate tectonics, how do two plates interact to form Earth's largest mountain ranges?

scrape past each other

move apart

collide

create new plates

sammixboo · Answer

Think of the tectonic plates like playdoh. You create two flat plates out of playdoh, and you slowly move them towards each other. As you move them together and they mush together, it starts to rise where the two plates meet! This is because they are mushing together and the only way the playdoh can go is up

sammixboo · Answer

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