Activity 3

Head-On Collision

Part A: Converging Continental Plate and Oceanic Plate

Objectives:

◦ Explain the processes that occur along convergent boundaries.

◦ Determine the consequences of colliding plates.

Procedure:
1. Study Figure 10 showing a cross-sectional diagram of plates that are
converging, and answer the questions that follow.

Q21. What are the geologic processes/events that will occur because of this plate
movement?
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Q22. What geologic features might form at the surface of Plate A?

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Q23. If the edge of Plate A suddenly flicks upward, a large amount of water may be
displaced. What could be formed at the surface of the ocean?
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