Describe what happens at convergent plate boundaries ( this is for science)

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Convergent boundaries: where two plates are colliding.
The denser plate is subducted underneath the less dense plate. The plate being forced under is eventually melted and destroyed. Island arcs and oceanic trenches occur when both of the plates are made of oceanic crust.

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