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Which stalemates explains the process of subduction?(1 point)
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An oceanic plate covers a continental plate.
An oceanic plate covers a continental plate.

Magma rises through the cracks in a solid rock plate.
Magma rises through the cracks in a solid rock plate.

One plates slides past another plate horizontally.
One plates slides past another plate horizontally.

A denser plate pushes down under a lighter plate.
A denser plate pushes down under a lighter plate.

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a denser plate will push down on the plate that is lighter (oceanic plate sub-ducting under continental plate)
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Answer: hear is the definition The process of a more dense plate sinking underneath a less dense plate with two plates collide at a convergent boundary, and one plate is driven beneath the other, back into the Earth's interior

Explanation: so you answer would be

A denser plate pushes down under a lighter plate.

A denser plate pushes down under a lighter plate.

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