Plates and Land Features Quick Check

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Question
What is most often the case when an ocean plate converges with another plate?(1 point)
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large rift valleys
large rift valleys

mountain building
mountain building

some kind of subduction zone
some kind of subduction zone

new land is created due to magma
new land is created due to magma

1 answer

When an ocean plate converges with another plate, the most often the case is some kind of subduction zone. This occurs because the denser oceanic plate typically slides beneath the lighter continental plate, leading to the formation of features like trenches.