When a Plate Carrying Continental Crust Converges with a Plate

question 5

Multiple Choice

When a plate carrying continental crust converges with a plate carrying oceanic crust _________.

• A) the oceanic plate floats above the continental plate
• B) the continental plate sinks into the mantle
• C) a divergent boundary forms
• D) the oceanic plate sinks beneath the continental plate and dives into the mantle

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