Plates and Land Features Quick Check

3 of 43 of 4 Items

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

mountain building
mountain building

large rift valleys
large rift valleys

some kind of subduction zone
some kind of subduction zone

new land is created due to magma

1 answer

The correct response is some kind of subduction zone. When an ocean plate converges with another plate, typically the denser oceanic plate is forced beneath the less dense continental plate, leading to subduction zones.

Similar Questions
  1. Evolution of the Horse Quick Check2 of 42 of 4 Items Question Tiktaalik was a prehistoric fish that was an ancestor to modern
    1. answers icon 2 answers
  2. Plate Tectonics Quick Check3 of 43 of 4 Items Question What happens at a convergent plate boundary?(1 point) Responses Earth's
    1. answers icon 2 answers
  3. Analyzing Interactions Quick Check2 of 52 of 5 Items Question Use the paragraph to answer the question. Yellowstone National
    1. answers icon 1 answer
  4. Map Projections Quick Check5 of 55 of 5 Items Question What is one piece of information that we cannot extrapolate when
    1. answers icon 1 answer
more similar questions