EARTH SCIENCE
TECTONICS
Question
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Subduction occurs when
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plates collide and mountains form
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one plate oges under another
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magma comes up at mid-ocean ridge
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None of the above
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Where the oceanic lithosphere of a tectonic plate converges with the less dense lithosphere of a second plate, the heavier plate dives beneath the second plate and sinks into the mantle. A region where this process occurs is known as a subduction zone, and its surface expression is known as an arc-trench complex.
Detailed explanation-2: -Plates Subduct When an ocean plate collides with another ocean plate or with a plate carrying continents, one plate will bend and slide under the other. This process is called subduction. A deep ocean trench forms at this subduction boundary.
Detailed explanation-3: -Subduction occurs when an oceanic plate runs into a continental plate and slides beneath it.
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