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

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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.

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