How is plate tectonics responsible for the formation of Earth’s deepest ocean trench?(1 point) Responses two plates moved past each other in opposite directions. two plates moved past each other in opposite directions. a plate moved over a hot spot in the mantle a plate moved over a hot spot in the mantle a denser plate converged with a lighter plate a denser plate converged with a lighter plate two plates pulled apart from each other
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The correct response is: a denser plate converged with a lighter plate.
This process occurs at subduction zones, where an oceanic plate (which is denser) converges with a continental plate (which is lighter) or another oceanic plate, leading to the formation of deep ocean trenches.
