Plate tectonics is like a "conveyor belt," with new material created at _____, and old material recycled back into the mantle at _____

a. trenches; subduction zones
b. mid-ocean ridges; subduction zones
c. convergent boundaries; subduction zones
d. subduction zones; mid-ocean ridges
e. mid-ocean ridges; rift zones


b

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