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the aleutian trench extends 2,900 kilometers along the floor of the pacific ocean between alaska and russia. at this deep - sea trench, the pacific plate and the north american plate are moving toward each other. as the two plates collide, the pacific plate subducts, or sinks, below the north american plate, forming the aleutian trench. this plate movement also causes large earthquakes along the aleutian trench.
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the aleutian trench formed at a ______ boundary.
convergent divergent transform
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The passage states the Pacific and North American Plates move toward each other, collide, and one subducts to form the trench. This matches the definition of a convergent plate boundary, where plates move toward one another.
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