Question

Identifying Types of Plate Boundaries
A diagram showing two plates colliding, with one plate moving below the other.

What type of plate boundary is illustrated in the image?



What is the movement of one plate below another called?

Answer 1

Answer:

Convergent plate boundary, subduction

Explanation:

This is an example of a subduction zone, which is found in convergent boundaries. The movement of one plate below another is called subduction.