Multiple Choice
When an oceanic plate encounters a lighter continental plate, it responds by ____.
A) pulling carbon dioxide out of the air
B) forming mountains
C) releasing gases into the atmosphere
D) a process called subduction
E) lowering global surface temperatures
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