Plates and Land Features Quick Check

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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
two plates pulled apart from each other

Answer 1

The correct response is:

a denser plate converged with a lighter plate.

This process is known as subduction, where an oceanic plate (which is denser) converges with a continental plate (which is less dense), leading to the formation of deep ocean trenches.