Paper 2 · June 2018 · 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