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A denser plate pushes down under a lighter plate.
A denser plate pushes down under a lighter plate.
Magma rises through the cracks in a solid rock plate.
Magma rises through the cracks in a solid rock plate.
An oceanic plate covers a continental plate.
An oceanic plate covers a continental plate.
One plates slides past another plate horizontally.
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The statement that best explains the process of subduction is:
A denser plate pushes down under a lighter plate.
This accurately describes how one tectonic plate (usually an oceanic plate, which is denser) moves beneath another plate (typically a continental plate, which is lighter) in the process of subduction.
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