Why do mountain chains form at continental-continental convergent plate boundaries?
A.
Because rock is pushed together and forced upward.
B.
Because the rock is stretched apart and breaks, which allows magma to rise to Earth’s surface.
C.
Because convergent plate boundaries occur above hot spots.
D.
Because subducted oceanic crust melts and rises as magma to Earth’s surface.
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