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Reshape the surface through three plate movements, the convergent boundary, the divergent boundary, and the transformation boundary. The convergent boundary, also known as the destructive plate boundary, is what creates mountains. At this boundary, two plates collide with each other, destroying part of the Earth's crust on impact. There are three different outcomes that result from the collision of plates depending on which ones collide with each other. When oceanic and continental plates collide, it causes a plate to subduct and sink into the mantle; the subducting plate is typically oceanic lithosphere because it is less dense. When two oceanic plates collide, one plate can be forced under the other, causing magma to rise, creating volcanoes. The third result occurs when two continental plates collide, the impact of these two colliding plates forms mountain ranges. There are five different types of mountains, including Fold, Fault block, Dome, Plateau and Volcanic