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Approximately 30% of the Earth's surface is covered by land, the remaining 70% of the surface is covered by water.
Sedimentary rocks are, by definition, rocks that are composed of layers of sediments. Sediments are particles of rock and other materials. So if you have a rock that's being weathered and eroded, it's getting broken down and carried by water and wind. Eventually the rock will be broken down so much that what's left will be sediments. These sediments will pile on top of each other, compacting under the pressure from higher layers and creating a sedimentary rock.
Water 75%
No they are not the dominant agent for shaping Earth's surface because there are more natural resources: volcanoes, river, mountains, etc.
Yes. And the average depth of the water on Pluto would be much, much more than the average few miles here on Earth.
Apart form the Oceans the earths surface is made of rocks.
70% or 80% of water covers the earths surface
about 30%
Earths surface of gravity is 4.6m/s2 more than moons.
Oceanic crust is predominately made of basaltic rock with a thin layer of sedimentary rock on top. Continental crust is predominately made of granitic rock, with a thin layer of sedimentary rock covering much of the visible surface.
28 %
Although sedimentary rocks are estimated to comprise only 5% of crustal rock, 75-80% of the land surface is covered by them.
The Suns surface is about 6,000K much hotter than the Earths crust. The hottest lava can get at the surface is about 1,400K
97%
Less than 5%.
a lot
Most of the Earth's crust is made up of igneousrocks but much of igneous rock is under the surface and not seen. Most of the rocks you see, those exposed on the surface, are sedimentary rocks.