SSC
WORLD GEOGRAPHY
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Question
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Which is true about subduction?
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It involves two oceanic plates colliding.
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It involves an oceanic plate moving beneath a continental plate.
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It involves two continental plates colliding.
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It involves a continental plate moving beneath an oceanic plate.
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -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-2: -The heat from radioactive processes within the planet’s interior causes the plates to move, sometimes toward and sometimes away from each other. This movement is called plate motion, or tectonic shift.
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