Which boundary occurs when tectonic plates move toward each other and can form mountains or volcanoes?

Which boundary occurs when tectonic plates move toward each other and can form mountains or volcanoes?

• A. Divergent Boundary
• B. Transform Boundary
• C. Subduction Zone
• D. Convergent Boundary

Answer: (D)

Moving toward each other creates compression that pushes rock upward, building mountains, and can melt rock to feed magma that forms volcanoes. This happens at convergent boundaries, where plates collide. A subduction zone is a specific type of convergent boundary where one plate dives beneath another, and that process also produces volcanic activity and mountain-building. Divergent boundaries involve plates moving apart, and transform boundaries slide past each other, typically causing earthquakes rather than creating mountains or volcanoes. So the boundary described is convergent boundary.

Moving toward each other creates compression that pushes rock upward, building mountains, and can melt rock to feed magma that forms volcanoes. This happens at convergent boundaries, where plates collide. A subduction zone is a specific type of convergent boundary where one plate dives beneath another, and that process also produces volcanic activity and mountain-building. Divergent boundaries involve plates moving apart, and transform boundaries slide past each other, typically causing earthquakes rather than creating mountains or volcanoes. So the boundary described is convergent boundary.