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What are four differences between the oceanic crust and the continental crust?
1. The Oceanic crust is dense while the Continental crust is relatively lighter. 2. The Oceanic crust consists of Silicon and Magnessium, while the Continental crust has Silicon and Alluminium. 3. The Oceanic crust is thin, while the Continental crust is thick. 4. The Oceanic crust makes up the ocean floor, while the Continental crust carries the continents.
Why does the continental crust float higher on the athenosphere than oceanic crust?
The continental crust is less dense
What crust is older in years the continental or the oceanic?
Continental crust is far older than oceanic crust.
Would it be easier to drill through the oceanic crust or the continental crust?
Continental crust is easier. Continental crust is less dense than oceanic crust, which is made of basalt. (Basalt is very dense.)
Which portion of the continental margin serves as a boundary between the oceanic crust and continental crust?
continental slope
Which is thicker continental crust or oceanic crust?
Continental crust A+
What is the continental crust of the earth?
what is the continental crust
This layer of the crust is made of granite?
continental crust
Which is thicker continental crust oceanic crust?
Continental crust is the thicker of the two: it extends far beneath and above the Oceanic crust.
What layer of crust averages 25 miles in thickness?
Continental crust.
Which type of crust is thicker oceanic crust or continental crust?
I think it is the continental crust
Is the continental crust thinner than the oceanic crust?
It is not. The oceanic crust is thinner than the continental crust!
What layer of the Earth's crust that is not covered by ocean water is called the crust?
continental crust
Oceanic crust is what than continental crust?
Oceanic crust is thinner and denser than continental crust.
Why is the ocean crust thinner than the continental crust?
It is not. The oceanic crust is thinner than the continental crust!
What is older the oceanic crust or the continental crust?
Continental crust is far older than oceanic crust.
Which is denser Oceanic Crust or Continental Crust?
The Oceanic crust is denser than the continental crust
