UNIVERSE
PLANETARY INTERIORS
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Question
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What forms when one oceanic plate is forced beneath another plate?
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subduction zone
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an ocean ridge
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a rift valley
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an ocean basin
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -A subduction zone is also generated when two oceanic plates collide-the older plate is forced under the younger one-and it leads to the formation of chains of volcanic islands known as island arcs.
Detailed explanation-2: -Convergent boundaries–where crust is destroyed as one plate dives under another. Transform boundaries–where crust is neither produced nor destroyed as the plates slide horizontally past each other.
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