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Which TWO landforms occur when a continental plate and an oceanic plate hit each other?
A
Volcanoes on land and Volcanic Islands
B
Volcanoes on land and Deep Sea Trench
C
Volcanoes on land and Mountains
D
Rift Valley and Mid Ocean Ridge
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -In convergence there are subtypes namely: Collision of oceanic plates or ocean-ocean convergence (formation of volcanic island arc s). Collision of continental and oceanic plates or ocean-continent convergence (formation of continental arcs and fold mountains).

Detailed explanation-2: -Volcanoes are one kind of feature that forms along convergent plate boundaries, where two tectonic plates collide and one moves beneath the other.

Detailed explanation-3: -When an oceanic plate converges with a continental plate, the oceanic crust will always subduct under the continental crust; this is because oceanic crust is naturally denser. Convergent boundaries are commonly associated with larger earthquakes and higher volcanic activity.

Detailed explanation-4: -Fold Mountains. The compressional forces stemming from a convergent plate boundary, where two plates collide with one another, can create fold mountains. Ocean Trenches. Island Arcs. Ocean Ridges. 20-Apr-2018

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