Question

1. india is a country connected to the continent of asia. india used to be far apart from asia. which diagram below shows what happened to the plates that india and asia are part of? (a) diagram a: the plates hit each other and broke into pieces, creating ocean. (b) diagram b: the plates pushed against each other, causing the edges to bend upward. (c) diagram c: one plate went underneath the other plate and sank into the soft rock below. (d) diagram d: one plate went underneath the other plate and came into the ocean below.

Explanation:

India - a part of the Indian - Australian plate, collided with the Eurasian plate. This is a convergent plate boundary where one plate subducts beneath the other. Diagram C shows one plate going underneath the other plate and sinking into the soft rock below, which represents the subduction process that occurred when India collided with Asia.

Answer:

c. Diagram C: One plate went underneath the other plate and sank into the soft rock below.