When two bodies of continental lithosphere are pushed together at a convergent boundary,the result is ____________.
A) subduction
B) collision and mountain formation
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Q15: All lithospheric plates are approximately the same
Q32: At a subduction zone,the overriding plate _.
A)is
Q33: Mid-ocean ridges are _.
A)convergent plate boundaries
B)divergent plate
Q36: Oceanic lithosphere thickens away from the mid-ocean
Q38: At a subduction zone,the downgoing (subducting)plate _.
A)is
Q43: Most of the pulling force that drives
Q44: The Wadati-Benioff zone extends down within the
Q50: At a transform plate boundary,two opposed plates
Q52: Subduction zones are _.
A) convergent plate boundaries
B)
Q53: The Wadati-Benioff zone is a belt of
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