What occurs at a subduction zone?

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Responses

1) Two plates collide, and both rise up to form fold mountains.

2) Two plates collide, and one sinks below the other.
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3) Two plates slide past each other.

4) Two plates pull apart from one another.

Answer 1

The correct response is:

2. Two plates collide, and one sinks below the other.

At a subduction zone, typically an oceanic plate converges with a continental plate or another oceanic plate, and the denser oceanic plate is forced down into the mantle, creating a trench and leading to various geological activities such as earthquakes and volcanic eruptions.