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the Atlantic plate sliding under the north American plate over 300 million years ago

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Q: What are the plate boundaries that caused the Appalachian mountains?
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What causes different kinds of volcanic mountains?

it can be caused by many things, such as hot spots, convergent plate boundaries, and divergent plate boundaries


What plate boundaries form mountains?

Mountains form at convergent plate boundaries.


What is the connection between mountains and plate boundaries?

mountains are usually formed on plate boundaries because earthquakes happen at plate boundaries. earthquakes can form mountains.


What plate are the Appalachian mountains on?

They're on the north American plate.


What type of plate boundary form of mountains?

Mountains form at convergent plate boundaries.


Which plate boundary creates mountains?

convergent plate boundaries


Which two plates collide in the Appalachian mountains?

The pacific plate and the cocos plate


Do the Andes and Appalachian Mountains lie on the same type of plate edge?

No, the Andes are near a subduction zone type plate edge but the Appalachian Mountains are not near any plate edge of any kind.


How are earthquakes and plate boundaries connected?

by mountains . (:


What is formed when plate boundaries collide?

Mountains.


What plate boundaries make mountains?

convergent


Which area in the world is an example of plate collision?

Appalachian Mountains