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What is a convergent boundary? How do plates interact with eachother? (due in 10 minutes please help)

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Convergent boundaries are areas where plates move toward each other and collide. These are also known as compressional or destructive boundaries. Subduction zones occur where an oceanic plate meets a continental plate and is pushed underneath it. Subduction zones are marked by oceanic trenches.
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