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Where two plates collide this is called a ____________________ . When two plates move apart it is a ____________________ . Three are ____________________ types of convergent boundaries .

One kind of convergent boundary is when a continental plates collides with an oceanic plate . When this occurs the ____________________ dense plate is the oceanic plate . This is because it is made out of basalt . The continental plate is ____________________ dense because it is made out of mostly granite . The oceanic plate ____________________ or sinks into the mantle because it is this density difference . This sinking causes a ____________________ spot to form in the water where the two plates meet . This low spot is called a ____________________ . The continental plate does not subduct . Instead , it gets ____________________ . But , the ____________________ currents underneath the plate continues to push it so it folds up and down creating ____________________ where it folds up and ____________________ where it folds down . Finally , the subducted plate ____________________ as it heats up in the mantle and moves closer to the core . The melted crust becomes ____________________ and less dense , rises upward , and goes through the continent above . This creates ____________________ on the continent .

There is another boundary that subduction like this also occurs . This is when two ____________________ plates converge . The only difference is that the volcanoes form underwater volcanoes and volcanic ____________________ . Also , the stuck plate creates underwater mountains and trenches instead of valleys . In addition , some of the mountains can become islands if they are ____________________ enough to go through the surface of the ocean .

When two ____________________ plates collide no plate subducts or sinks . This is because ____________________ plates have a low density . As a result , both plates get stuck at the boundary . The two plates continue to get pushed together by the convection ____________________ so they both fold . This creates mountains where they ____________________ and valleys where the plates ____________________ . Because there is no subduction there are novolcanoes .