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where two continental plates collide,
a. there will likely be no earthquakes until plate motion stops.
b. the crust will likely become very thin over millions of years.
c. a mountain range will likely build up over millions of years.
d. all of these
When two continental plates collide, neither subducts (both are low-density), so crust crumples and uplifts to form mountain ranges over millions of years. Earthquakes occur during collision (A is wrong); crust thickens, not thins (B is wrong). Thus D is incorrect.
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C. a mountain range will likely build up over millions of years.