SOLAR SYSTEM

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Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
What do convergent (oceanic and oceanic) plates form?
A
Mountains
B
Rift valley
C
Subduction, Volcanoes, & Trenches
D
None of the above
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -At a convergent plate boundary, when one plate is oceanic, there are large volcanoes. These volcanoes are found in lines that outline the subduction zone. Earthquakes also happen in these zones. Subduction of an oceanic plate beneath a continental plate forms a line of volcanoes known as a continental arc.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Cascades are a chain of volcanoes at a convergent boundary where an oceanic plate is subducting beneath a continental plate. Specifically the volcanoes are the result of subduction of the Juan de Fuca, Gorda, and Explorer Plates beneath North America.

Detailed explanation-3: -At an ocean-ocean convergent boundary, one of the plates (oceanic crust and lithospheric mantle) is pushed, or subducted, under the other (Figure 4.6. 1). Often it is the older and colder plate that is denser and subducts beneath the younger and warmer plate.

Detailed explanation-4: -Subduction and plate tectonics Oceanic plates are subducted creating oceanic trenches.

Detailed explanation-5: -Subduction occurs when an oceanic plate runs into a continental plate and slides beneath it.

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