Convergent Plate Boundaries

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What type of plate boundary is associated with massive earthquakes that tend to be very deep?

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Convergent Plate Boundary.

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What type of plate boundary has the world's most dangerous volcanoes, often fed by melting subducting plates?

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Convergent Plate Boundary.

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What is the process called when one tectonic plate slides under another?

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Subduction.

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Why are the Andes Mountains volcanic while the Himalayas are not?

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The Andes Mountains are at an ocean to continent convergent boundary where subduction occurs.

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What is a convergent plate boundary?

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A boundary where two tectonic plates move towards each other, often causing subduction.

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What geological features are commonly formed at convergent plate boundaries?

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Mountains, deep ocean trenches, and volcanic arcs.

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What is subduction?

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The process where one tectonic plate moves under another and sinks into the mantle.

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What happens to the oceanic plate at a convergent boundary with a continental plate?

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The oceanic plate is subducted beneath the continental plate.

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What is the Ring of Fire?

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A major area in the basin of the Pacific Ocean where many earthquakes and volcanic eruptions occur, primarily due to convergent plate boundaries.

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What type of convergent boundary occurs between two continental plates?

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Continent-Continent Convergent Boundary.