Subduction on Earth is the process by which
A) cool surface material on Earth sinks below other material at a tectonic plate boundary.
B) dense material sank while lighter material rose to the surface during the early geological history of Earth.
C) molten lava oozes out between two tectonic plates that are spreading apart.
D) volcanic material emerges from the deep interior at a volcanic island such as Hawaii.

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Subduction is a geological process that occurs at convergent boundaries where one tectonic plate moves under another and is forced to sink due to gravity into the mantle. This typically involves oceanic crust being subducted beneath continental crust or another piece of oceanic crust.

Subduction on Earth Is the Process by Which