Question

Study the image.

Point 1 is beneath water moving toward land. Point 2 is next to an erupting vocano. Point 3 is beneath Earth apostrophe s crust moving toward the water. Point 4 is the same layer as Point 1 moving down below Point 3.

At which point is subduction occurring?

1
2
3
4

Answer 1

4

Point 4 is where the oceanic plate is descending beneath the other plate — that downward movement of one plate under another is subduction.