Oceanic plates are thinner and less dense, which causes them to be subducted underneath the less dense continental plate at a destructive plate margin.
Explanation: <u>Oceanic plates are formed by divergent plate boundaries. These zones, located along mid-ocean ridges, represent areas where upwelling magma creates new oceanic crust. ... As oceanic plates subduct, they melt to form magma. This magma cools over millions of years, producing intrusive igneous rock and new continental crust.</u>
