Convergent Plate Boundaries

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1.
FLASHCARD QUESTION
Front
What occurs at convergent plate boundaries?
Back
Crustal plates come together.
2.
FLASHCARD QUESTION
Front
What type of plate boundary is associated with the world's most dangerous volcanoes?
Back
Convergent plate boundaries.
3.
FLASHCARD QUESTION
Front
Why does oceanic crust subduct beneath continental crust?
Back
Because oceanic crust is more dense than continental crust.
4.
FLASHCARD QUESTION
Front
What geological feature is commonly found at convergent plate boundaries?
Back
Trenches.
5.
FLASHCARD QUESTION
Front
What happens to crust at a convergent plate boundary?
Back
It is destroyed.
6.
FLASHCARD QUESTION
Front
What are the two main types of convergent plate boundaries?
Back
Oceanic-continental and oceanic-oceanic.
7.
FLASHCARD QUESTION
Front
What is subduction?
Back
The process by which one tectonic plate moves under another and is forced into the mantle.
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