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Earth's plates move slowly across its surface. What will result when two plates carrying continental crust collide? Mountains will fall A valley will be created All land faults on Earth will be affected.
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Earth's plates move slowly across its surface. What will result when two

plates carrying continental crust collide?

Mountains will fall
A valley will be created

All land faults on Earth will be affected.

One plate will be subducted back into the mantle.

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One plate will be subducted back into the mantle. A plate with older crust will sink beneath another plate. The crust melts in the atmosphere and is destroyed.
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