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what forms on the ocean floor when 2 plates are colliding?
hot spot
mid ocean ridge
trench
When two tectonic plates collide, especially when one is an oceanic plate and the other is a continental plate (or two oceanic plates), the denser plate is sub - ducted (forced below) the less dense plate. This sub - duction process creates a deep depression on the ocean floor called a trench. A mid - ocean ridge forms at divergent plate boundaries (where plates are moving apart), and a hot - spot is a region where magma from deep within the mantle rises to the surface, often creating volcanic islands (not directly related to plate - collision at the ocean floor in the context of this question).
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