GEOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -Mountains form where two continental plates collide. Since both plates have a similar thickness and weight, neither one will sink under the other. Instead, they crumple and fold until the rocks are forced up to form a mountain range. As the plates continue to collide, mountains will get taller and taller.

Detailed explanation-2: -When two plates with continental crust collide, they will crumple and fold the rock between them. A plate with older, denser oceanic crust will sink beneath another plate. The crust melts in the asthenosphere and is destroyed.

Detailed explanation-3: -How Are Mountains Formed? The world’s tallest mountain ranges form when pieces of Earth’s crust-called plates-smash against each other in a process called plate tectonics, and buckle up like the hood of a car in a head-on collision.

Detailed explanation-4: -The Mid-Atlantic Ridge is an example of divergent plate boundaries. When two plates come together, it is known as a convergent boundary. The impact of the colliding plates can cause the edges of one or both plates to buckle up into a mountain ranges or one of the plates may bend down into a deep seafloor trench.