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Ocean trenches form over millions or billions of years. Which statement accurately describes how ocean trenches form?

A )a plate of oceanic crust is subducted under a plate of continental crust
B) two plates of continental crust slide past each other
c) two plates of oceanic crust pull away from each other
D) a plate of continental crust collides with another plate of continental crust

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1) Which features do most stratovolcanoes and cinder cone volcanoes have in common? *steep sides and violent eruptions*

2) Geologists observed signs of widespread ancient glaciers from the same time period in areas across South America, Africa, Antarctica, India, and Australia. What theory did this observation support? *Those continents were once together as one supercontinent.*

3) Ocean trenches form over millions or billions of years. Which statement accurately describes how ocean trenches form? *a plate of oceanic crust is subducted under a plate of continental crust*

4) Iron particles in basalt on the ocean floor tell scientists *the direction of the magnetic field*.In two adjacent magnetic stripes, the iron particles show *different* alignments.

5) Why is no land created or destroyed at transform boundaries? *because the plates only slip past each other at these boundaries*

6) In trying to prove continental drift, Alfred Wegener used evidence from long ago to show that in the distant past, similar animal species lived in places that are *separated by great distances* today. For example, fossils of the *Lystrosaurus* were found in India, Africa, and Antarctica.

7) Which statement identifies a major reason for the subduction that helps to form volcanoes? *the difference in density of oceanic and continental plates*

8) Along which features does seafloor spreading occur? *mid-ocean ridges*

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Step-by-step explanation:

When two plates collide, the denser one (usually the oceanic plate) gets subsided under the continental plate. There is very high friction between the two plates- because the plates a very rugged- consequently there is also high stress as the plates slip against one another. This causes the plates to bend at this subduction zone forming a trench.

Ocean trenches form over millions or billions of years. Which statement accurately-example-1
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