Ocean Trench

Real World Example

Imagine trying to fit a thick winter blanket into a small storage box, and as you push one end down, the blanket starts folding over itself. This is similar to how an ocean trench forms when one tectonic plate bends and slides beneath another, creating a deep fold in the Earth's crust. Just like how the blanket creates a dip where it's pushed down, the ocean trench is the deep part of the seafloor where the subducting slab bends downward, marking the point of contact where one plate dives beneath the other.