Ocean trenches form over millions or billions of years. Which statement accurately describes how ocean trenches form?(1 point)

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a plate of oceanic crust is subducted under a plate of continental crust
a plate of oceanic crust is subducted under a plate of continental crust

two plates of continental crust slide past each other
two plates of continental crust slide past each other

a plate of continental crust collides with another plate of continental crust
a plate of continental crust collides with another plate of continental crust

two plates of oceanic crust pull away from each other

Answer 1

The statement that accurately describes how ocean trenches form is:

a plate of oceanic crust is subducted under a plate of continental crust.

This process occurs at convergent plate boundaries, where an oceanic plate is denser than the continental plate and thus sinks beneath it, creating a trench.