Paper 2 · Plate tectonics and vulcanicity

State the term for a destructive plate boundary where one tectonic plate, usually the denser oceanic plate, is forced down and sinks beneath another plate into the mantle.

Model answer

subduction zone

Also accepted: subduction, destructive plate boundary

Explanation: A subduction zone is a destructive/convergent plate boundary where the denser plate is forced downward and consumed in the mantle.

Derived from ZIMSEC Geography 2248/2 Paper 2, June 2018, Q1

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