What are convergent boundaries?

Answer:

Explanation:

A convergent boundary (also known as a destructive boundary) is an area on Earth where two or more lithospheric plates collide. One plate eventually slides beneath the other, a process known as subduction. The subduction zone can be defined by a plane where many earthquakes occur, called the Wadati–Benioff zone.[1] These collisions happen on scales of millions to tens of millions of years and can lead to volcanism, earthquakes, orogenesis, destruction of lithosphere, and deformation. Convergent boundaries occur between oceanic-oceanic lithosphere, oceanic-continental lithosphere, and continental-continental lithosphere. The geologic features related to convergent boundaries vary depending on crust types.

Plate tectonics is driven by convection cells in the mantle. Convection cells are the result of heat generated by radioactive decay of elements in the mantle escaping to the surface and the return of cool materials from the surface to the mantle.[2] These convection cells bring hot mantle material to the surface along spreading centers creating new crust. As this new crust is pushed away from the spreading center by the formation of newer crust, it cools, thins, and becomes denser. Subduction begins when this dense crust converges with less dense crust. The force of gravity helps drive the subducting slab into the mantle.[3] As the relatively cool subducting slab sinks deeper into the mantle, it is heated, causing hydrous minerals to break down. This releases water into the hotter asthenosphere, which leads to partial melting of asthenosphere and volcanism. Both dehydration and partial melting occurs along the 1,000 °C (1,830 °F) isotherm, generally at depths of 65 to 130 km (40 to 81 mi).[4][5]

Some lithospheric plates consist of both continental and oceanic lithosphere. In some instances, initial convergence with another plate will destroy oceanic lithosphere, leading to convergence of two continental plates. Neither continental plate will subduct. It is likely that the plate may break along the boundary of continental and oceanic crust. Seismic tomography reveals pieces of lithosphere that have broken off during convergence

Why are cells so small?

Please help with this.

Kai lives on the island of Hawaii, and sometimes thin, runny lava actually flows from the volcanoes there. What type of volcanoes are on that island?

A. active
B. dormant
C. extinct
D. explosive

What does metabolically inert mean? "Sucrose is soluble but metabolically inert"

Monkeys have a prehensile tail that allows them to grab and hold onto tree branches.

What is the carrying capacity (approx)?

In this diagram below , which of the stomach tissues would be muscular tissues ?


- tissue 1 : forms the outer lining of the stomach


-tissue 2 : produces enzymes which are secreted into the stomach cavity


- tissue 3 : cells in this tissue contract to churn the contents of the stomach


In a numeric number

what is the form of energy that the body use doing the rest​

According to all known laws of aviation, there is no way that a bee should be able to fly. Its wings are too small to get its fat little body off the ground. The bee, of course, flies anyways. Because bees don't care what humans think is impossible.

where is the mRNA located in prokaryotes?
a. in the nucleolus
b. outside the nucleus
c. inside the nucleus
d. in the cytoplasm

If a red blood cell is placed in pure distilled water, what do you expect to occur?


Group of answer choices
The cell will remain the same size
The cell will swell and burst
The cell will shrink
None of these

Which process is part of transcription?

DNA is copied to create a second DNA strand.
mRNA codons and tRNA anticodons assemble amino acids.
DNA is unzipped with the aid of DNA polymerase.
mRNA is synthesized from a strand of DNA.

What's the answer to this?

Why does oxygen from our lungs diffuse into the bloodstream?

What is the orgenlle that takes place in photosynthesis

what properties of carbon explain carban's ability to form different large and complex structure?​

NEED HELP VERY SIMPLE WILL MARK BRAINLIEST THANKS

Hibernation is an example  of A physical or structural adaptation .
True or false

I will mark brainest if you get it right
Which of these is a practice that sustains or conserves natural resources?
A. Leaving the TV on all day
B. filling the bathtub to the top
C. recycling cans
D. burning newspapers

Place the answer below for the Deck Toys completion (two words)
If you do K12, you might know this

Which phrase is appropriate for an advertisement for a health service?
"new discovery"
"FDA-approved''
"amazing results"
"European"

can anyone help me with this question? whoever answers first gets brainliest!

Pea plants can have alleles for being tall or for being short. A pea plant has one allele for being tall, and one allele for being short. When it grows, it ends up being a tall plant.

because of this what do we know is true about pea plant alleles?

A. being short is a dominant allele

B. All pea plants must be short

C. All pea plants must be
tall

D. Being tall as the dominant allele

URGENT! HIGH POINTS
Match the following. Each word should be used only one time.
Colossians, deductive, defined, inductive, observations, Romans.


Science deals with __________________ of the physical world.

___________________ reasoning is the process of applying a rule.

___________________ reasoning starts with facts and works toward general conclusions. It is the process of finding a rule.

The statement “2+2=4” can be classified as a _________________ truth.

Christians should try hard to understand science, so that they are not deceived by hollow and deceptive philosophies (__________________ 2:8)

We can improve our relationship with God by studying His creation (____________1:20).

Who coined the word 'antibiotic'?

3. The diagram to the right shows a flower.
Which parts of the flower are male reproductive
structures?
A. parts A and B
B. parts C and D
C. parts E and F
D. parts D, E, and F

what is the name of the process where plants water from their leaves?

What is the animal organelle name
order 1-15.

What are some common characteristics that infectious agents like viruses, bacteria, fungi and parasites have in common? What are some differences?

1. Blood flowing through the aorta is distributed to all parts of
the body, except the:
A. lungs.
B. small intestine.
C. heart.
D. brain.​

Ya'll ever got a tingly feeling in ya stomach?