Question

Subduction involves an oceanic plate moving beneath a continental plate.

Answer 1

Answer:

TRUE

Explanation:

Subduction is where one plate moves under another and sinks due to gravity into the mantle. Plates include both oceanic crust and continental crust.

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Answer 2

Answer:

The statement 'Subduction involves an oceanic plate moving beneath a continental plate' is true.

Explanation:

• Subduction is said to have occurred when there is a tectonic plate movement in which a thin, less dense oceanic plate advances under a thick, heavy continental plate.

• The oceanic plates are usually thin and less dense than the continental plates and thus, do not bear the strength to uplift the continental plate.

• That is why when a continental plate and an oceanic plate converge, the oceanic plate moves below the continental plate and subduction occurs.