Oceanic crust is created at ________ and destroyed at ________.

A. oceanic-ridges; subduction zones
B. trenches; rifts
C. subduction zones; transform boundaries
D. subduction zones; oceanic ridges
E. transform boundaries; subduction zones


Answer: A

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