If a continental plate meets an oceanic plate at a convergent boundary, which would be subducted?
A) Neither, the crust of each would both uplift.
B) continental plate
C) oceanic plate
D) They would both be subducted.

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Oceanic crust is denser and thinner than continental crust, so it will always be the one that is subducted when a continental and an oceanic plate converge.

If a Continental Plate Meets an Oceanic Plate at a Convergent