Question

what happens to the oceanic plate as it converges with a continental plate? it subducts beneath the continental plate and melts it sinks to create a mid - ocean ridge it is uplifted to form mountains it remains at the surface and slides past

Explanation:

When an oceanic plate converges with a continental plate, due to the higher density of the oceanic plate, it subducts (dives) beneath the continental plate. As it goes deeper into the mantle, the high - temperature and pressure conditions cause it to melt.
A mid - ocean ridge is formed at divergent (spreading) boundaries, not at convergent boundaries where an oceanic and continental plate meet. Uplifting to form mountains is more characteristic of continental - continental plate convergence (e.g., the formation of the Himalayas). Sliding past each other is a characteristic of transform boundaries.

Answer:

It subducts beneath the continental plate and melts.