Volcanoes can form near coastal regions where an oceanic plate [blank] below a continental plate

Subducts

Explanation:

According to Merriam Webster and TheFreeDictionary, the definition of subduct is "A geologic process in which one edge of one crustal plate is forced below the edge of another." Since this sentence indicates that an oceanic plate sinks under the continental plate, therefore I believe the fill-in-the-blank word would be 'subducts' or a similar word.

carbohydrates: (starches and sugars) composed of carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen.

lipids: (fats, oils, and waxes) are made of carbon and hydrogen atoms.

nucleic acids: contain hydrogen, oxygen, nitrogen, carbon, and phosphorus. they are polymers of nucleotides. a nucleotide has three parts, a 5-carbon sugar, a phosphate     (-po⬇️4) group, and a nitrogenous base.

proteins: made up of nitrogen, carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen. they are polymers of amino acids.