The Philippines is surrounded by trenches—the Philippine Trench, Manila Trench, Negros Trench, Sulu Trench, and the Cotabato Trench. What does this indicate in terms of the movement of the plates?


A. The Philippines is surrounded by colliding continental crusts.

B. The constant dipping of the lithosphere induces earthquakes.

C. The convergence of the plates created subduction resulting to trench

formation.

D. The divergence of crusts created under thrusting which resulted to the

formation of trenches.